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deprecate
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  • She tried to deprecate his wrath with explanations, but it was useless.
    deprecate = diminish
  • It was deepest in regret, and broken off at the end of a joke or a statement of self-deprecation.  (source)
    self-deprecation = criticism or modesty
  • "He has a sort of self-deprecating humor naturally," says Haymitch.  (source)
    self-deprecating = modest or critical of oneself
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  • 'It just occurred to me you might be interested,' he would say with a deprecating little laugh whenever he produced a new fragment.  (source)
    deprecating = treating as unimportant
  • Fielding deprecated confidences, but Sir Gilbert insisted on imparting them;  (source)
    deprecated = disapproved of
  • Marilla opened her lips to say she knew not what of apology or deprecation.  (source)
    deprecation = disapproval
    standard suffix: The suffix "-tion", converts a verb into a noun that denotes the action or result of the verb. Typically, there is a slight change in the ending of the root verb, as in action, education, and observation.
  • Total strangers saw fit to deprecate him, with the result that he was stricken early with a guilty fear of people and an obsequious impulse to apologize to society for the fact that he was not Henry Fonda.†  (source)
  • He shrugged deprecatingly.†  (source)
  • "I'm not trying to be self-deprecating," I say, "I just don't get it."  (source)
    self-deprecating = modest or critical of oneself
  • "I used to do it myself when I was your age. But of course that was a long, long time ago." He laughed, gesturing in self-deprecation with long, thin fingers.  (source)
    self-deprecation = modesty
  • Stage Manager now looks over the audience, puffs his pipe, consults watch, deprecates late-comers, etc.  (source)
    deprecates = expresses disapproval of
  • This night the woman of his belittling deprecations was thinking how great and good her husband was.†  (source)
  • "And it was his murderer speaking!" finished M. Bouc impressively. Poirot raised a deprecating hand. "Let us not go too fast."  (source)
    deprecating = disapproving
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