deprecating
adjectiveDefinition of deprecating
: tending or serving to disparage or belittle someone or something
a deprecating remark Allagash tells you, with a deprecating roll of his eyes, that Vicky is studying Philosophy at Princeton.— Jay McInerney There are little judgments on him throughout the text, sometimes mildly deprecating, sometimes robustly defensive. — The Times Literary Supplement
— see also self-deprecating
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