deprecating
adjective
dep·re·cat·ing
ˈde-pri-ˌkā-tiŋ 
: tending or serving to disparage or belittle someone or something
a deprecating remark
Allagash tells you, with a deprecating roll of his eyes, that Vicky is studying Philosophy at Princeton.—
Jay McInerney
Jay McInerneyThere are little judgments on him throughout the text, sometimes mildly deprecating, sometimes robustly defensive.—The Times Literary Supplement (London)
see also self-deprecating
The Times Literary Supplement (London)
deprecatingly
adverb
The letter hints that he is upset about something which has caused him to feel 'nervous and sad' and he ends by deprecatingly referring to himself as a 'dull pupil'.
—The Gloucestershire Echo
The Gloucestershire Echo
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Bland has a similar deprecating sense of humor.
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Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 June 2021
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“Deprecating.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/deprecating. Accessed 30 Nov. 2024.
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