Deprecating vs Disparaging - What's the difference?
deprecating | disparaging |
In manner that deprecates; insulting; belittling.
* 1912 , Lucy Maud Montgomery, Chronicles of Avonlea , Chapter I.
:She looked at him with a deprecating smile on her face.
:He raised his hand with a deprecating gesture.
Insulting, ridiculing.
disparagement
* Thomas Hardy
As verbs the difference between deprecating and disparaging
is that deprecating is present participle of deprecate while disparaging is present participle of lang=en.As adjectives the difference between deprecating and disparaging
is that deprecating is in manner that deprecates; insulting; belittling while disparaging is insulting, ridiculing.As a noun disparaging is
disparagement.deprecating
English
Verb
(head)Adjective
(en adjective)The Hurrying of Ludovic, 7
- Theodora, with a deprecating look at Arnold Sherman, took his arm, and Ludovic marched her across the green amid a silence which the very horses tied to the storm fence seemed to share. For Ludovic 'twas a crowded hour of glorious life.
Derived terms
* deprecatinglydisparaging
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- The candidate made disparaging remarks about his opponent, but they only made him seem small for insulting a worthy adversary.
Synonyms
* degradingVerb
(head)Noun
(en noun)- I am tracked by phantoms having weird detective ways Men with a wintry sneer, and women with tart disparagings .