Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

deprecating

/dˈɛpɹəkˌeɪtɪŋ/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.77 in modern English

Syllables: dep-re-cat-ing
IPA: /dˈɛpɹəkˌeɪtɪŋ/

17

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

4

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of deprecate

adj

In manner that deprecates; insulting; belittling.

Example Sentences

"She looked at him with a deprecating smile on her face."
"He raised his hand with a deprecating gesture."
"Theodora, with a deprecating look at Arnold Sherman, took his arm, and Ludovic marched her across the green amid a silence which the very horses tied to the storm fence seemed to share. For Ludovic 'twas a crowded hour of glorious life."
"It is now clear that the term Hobson-Jobson was originally a deprecating Anglo-Indian slang term for the Muharram used particularly in the army and merchant navy but also more widely."

Inflected Forms

more deprecating (comparative) most deprecating (superlative)

Derived Forms

deprecatingly

Phrases

self-deprecating

Synonyms

belittling deprecative deprecatory depreciative depreciatory slighting

Rhymes With

self-deprecating

Questions

How do you pronounce deprecating?: The recorded pronunciation is /dˈɛpɹəkˌeɪtɪŋ/.
What does deprecating mean?: present participle and gerund of deprecate

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