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dep·re·cate
 deprecate
- pronunciation:
- de
prih
keIt
| part of speech: |
transitive verb |
| inflections: |
deprecated, deprecates, deprecating |
| definition 1: |
to disparage or treat as having small value; depreciate.
The critics deprecated the actor's performance.- synonyms:
- belittle, cheapen, depreciate, diminish, disparage
- antonyms:
- boast, overrate
- similar words:
- decry, deflate, degrade, demean, devaluate, discredit, dishonor, humiliate, revile, shame, slight, underrate
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| definition 2: |
to speak or write forcefully against.
Members of the community deprecated the proposed housing project.- antonyms:
- endorse
- similar words:
- decry, dissuade, exhort, expostulate, object to, oppose, protest, remonstrate
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| related words: |
abase, blast, disapprove, discourage, disfavor, malign |
| derivations: |
deprecatingly (adv.), deprecation (n.), deprecator (n.) |
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