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deprecatingverbpresent participle of deprecate to express scornfully one's low opinion ofmovie critics tried to outdo one another in deprecating the comedy as the stupidest movie of the year bad-mouthing, belittling, crying down, decrying, denigrating, depreciating, derogating, diminishing, discounting, dismissing, disparaging, dissing(slang), kissing off, minimizing, playing down, poor-mouthing, putting down, running down, talking down, trashing, trash-talking, vilipending, writing off discommendingabusing, scoldingdisapproving (of), dislikingcensuring, condemning, criticizing, denouncing, reprehending, reprobatingaspersing, defaming, maligning, ripping, slandering, slurring, traducing, vilifyingdiscrediting, disgracing dumping on acclaiming, applauding, exalting, extolling, glorifying, lauding, magnifying, praising approving, countenancing, endorsing(also indorsing), favoring, recommending, sanctioningcommending, complimenting, eulogizing to hold an unfavorable opinion ofdeprecates TV sitcoms as childish and simpleminded disapproving (of), discountenancing, disesteeming, disfavoring, disliking, frowning (on or upon), misliking, reproving, tsk-tsking, tutting (over or about), tut-tutting (over or about) disrelishing, objecting (to), pooh-poohing(also poohing), rejecting, reprehending, reprobating, scorningcensuring, condemning, criticizing, denouncing, discommendingchiding, rebuking, reproaching, scolding looking down one's nose (on) approving, favoring, liking endorsing(also indorsing), sanctioning, supportingadoring, delighting (in), digging, enjoying, fancying, grooving (on), loving, relishing, reveling (in)(or revelling (in)) in 1812 |