What is another word for deprecates?

Pronunciation: [dˈɛpɹɪkˌe͡ɪts] (IPA)

Deprecates is a verb that means to express disapproval of something or someone. Some common synonyms for deprecates include denigrates, belittles, diminishes, discredits, and devalues. These words are often used to describe the act of criticizing or putting down something or someone, often in a negative way. Other words that can be used as synonyms for deprecates include disparages, defames, disapproves, and disesteems. Each of these words has its unique connotations, but they all refer to a similar idea of criticizing something or someone in a negative way. When you want to express your disapproval of something, there are many different words you can use that will convey the same meaning as deprecates.

Usage examples for Deprecates

Here, in Washington, one instinctively craves for something of that uniformity which one instinctively deprecates as an ideal for New York.
"America To-day, Observations and Reflections"
William Archer
He next considers the problem of human sorrow and sin, and deprecates the absolute condemnation of the sinner, in language which anticipates that of "Fifine at the Fair."
"A Handbook to the Works of Browning (6th ed.)"
Mrs. Sutherland Orr
The Lyric deprecates the solitude which united souls may enjoy, by a selfish or fastidious seclusion from the haunts of men.
"A Handbook to the Works of Browning (6th ed.)"
Mrs. Sutherland Orr

Famous quotes with Deprecates

  • That man's best works should be such bungling imitations of Nature's infinite perfection, matters not much; but that he should make himself an imitation, this is the fact which Nature moans over, and deprecates beseechingly. Be spontaneous, be truthful, be free, and thus be individuals! is the song she sings through warbling birds, and whispering pines, and roaring waves, and screeching winds.
    Lydia Child

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