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Deprecating   /dˈɛprəkˌeɪtɪŋ/   Listen
verb
deprecate  v. t.  (past & past part. deprecated; pres. part. deprecating)  
1.
To pray against, as an evil; to seek to avert by prayer; to seek deliverance from; to express deep regret for; to desire the removal of. (archaic)
2.
To protest against; to advance reasons against. "His purpose was deprecated by all round him, and he was with difficulty induced to adandon it."
3.
To disapprove of strongly; to express a low opinion of.





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"Deprecating" Quotes from Famous Books



... angry, squirrel-like expression of the princess' pretty face changed into a winning and piteous look of fear. Her beautiful eyes glanced askance at her husband's face, and her own assumed the timid, deprecating expression of a dog when it rapidly but feebly wags its ...
— War and Peace • Leo Tolstoy
... was so deprecating and touching that Morris indulged in another little demonstration of affection. "But he will be sure to say it," ...
— Washington Square • Henry James
... copy of his Ballads and also The Music Lesson of Confucius, then about to appear. At the same time he wrote to Borrow drawing his attention to one of the ballads written in German Romany jib, and enquiring if it were worth anything. Whilst deprecating his "impudence" in writing a Romany gili and telling, as a pupil might a master, of his interest in and his association with the gypsies, he continues: "My dear Mr Borrow, for all this you are entirely ...
— The Life of George Borrow • Herbert Jenkins
... from the hips, and he used his hands in a deprecating fashion that seemed to beseech so much recognition as might be conveyed in a ...
— Earth's Enigmas - A Volume of Stories • Charles G. D. Roberts
... this time by Julian, rather than by Valentine. Julian's disappointment plunged him in a deep sea of indifference, from which he declined to be rescued. The doctor's invitations to him remained unanswered. If he called, Julian was never at home. Several times the doctor met Valentine, who, with a deprecating smile, told him that Julian was ...
— Flames • Robert Smythe Hichens


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