belittle, denigrate, despise, disdain, dispraise, hold in contempt, make nothing of, object, sell short, think little of, underprize
Definitionv. express strong disapproval of
Last update: July 10, 2015
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The teacher should not deprecate his student's efforts. [Please select]
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We also deprecate the exaggerated language in which Mr. Hyam couched his submissions. [verb]
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In 1879, addressing a congress of Catholic journalists in Rome, he exhorted them to uphold the necessity of the temporal power, and to proclaim to the world that the affairs of Italy would never prosper until it was restored; in 1887 he found it necessary to deprecate the violence with which this doctrine was advocated in certain journals. [verb]
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As Duncan dared not retort upon his accuser by reminding him of his own premeditated treachery, and disdained to deprecate his resentment by any words of apology, he remained silent. [verb]
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As a Christian I deprecate the shedding of blood. [verb]
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In short, the evils most dreaded and deprecated by the inhabitants of that pastoral country, are ascribed to the agency of the BLACK DWARF. [verb]
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But his opinion found a very cold audience, and all joined to deprecate his purpose of returning to the spot the next day. [verb]
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The Jondrette, touched by his compliment, deprecated it with the affected airs of a flattered monster. [verb]
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[Sidenote: Dancing] As for dancing, Richter exclaims: "I know not whether I should most deprecate children's balls or most praise children's dances." [verb]
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Demetri had ceased to protest, to deprecate and to retreat. [Please select]
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The trouble was that deprecated something fairly distant from cigarettes. [Please select]
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