be+depreciatory
21belittling — I noun 1. a belittling comment • Syn: ↑denigration • Derivationally related forms: ↑denigrate (for: ↑denigration) • Hypernyms: ↑ …
22deprecating — adjective tending to diminish or disparage (Freq. 1) belittling comments managed a deprecating smile at the compliment deprecatory remarks about the book a slighting remark • Syn: ↑belittling, ↑deprecative, ↑ …
23deprecative — adjective 1. tending to diminish or disparage belittling comments managed a deprecating smile at the compliment deprecatory remarks about the book a slighting remark • Syn: ↑belittling, ↑deprecating, ↑deprecatory, ↑ …
24deprecatory — adjective tending to diminish or disparage (Freq. 2) belittling comments managed a deprecating smile at the compliment deprecatory remarks about the book a slighting remark • Syn: ↑belittling, ↑deprecating, ↑ …
25pejorative — adj. & n. adj. (of a word, an expression, etc.) depreciatory. n. a depreciatory word. Derivatives: pejoratively adv. Etymology: F peacutejoratif ive f. LL pejorare make worse (pejor) …
26slighting — adjective tending to diminish or disparage belittling comments managed a deprecating smile at the compliment deprecatory remarks about the book a slighting remark • Syn: ↑belittling, ↑deprecating, ↑deprecative, ↑ …
27-ard — suffix. 1 forming nouns in depreciatory senses (drunkard; sluggard). 2 forming nouns in other senses (bollard; Spaniard; wizard). Etymology: ME & OF f. G hard hardy (in proper names) * * * ə(r)d or, in a few loan words from French (as… …
28de|pre´ci|a´tive|ly — de|pre|ci|a|tive «dih PREE shee AY tihv», adjective. = depreciatory. (Cf. ↑depreciatory) –de|pre´ci|a´tive|ly, adverb …
29de|pre|ci|a|tive — «dih PREE shee AY tihv», adjective. = depreciatory. (Cf. ↑depreciatory) –de|pre´ci|a´tive|ly, adverb …
30pe´jo|ra´tive|ly — pe|jo|ra|tive «PEE juh RAY tihv; pih JR uh , JOR », adjective, noun. –adj. 1. tending to make worse; disparaging; depreciatory: »Throughout all the changes of religion, social and political constitution, and rulers, the real mistress of the… …
