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Deprecating vs Disparaging - What's the difference?

deprecating | disparaging |

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)
  • In manner that deprecates; insulting; belittling.
  • * 1912 , Lucy Maud Montgomery, Chronicles of Avonlea , Chapter I. 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.
  • :She looked at him with a deprecating smile on her face.
  • :He raised his hand with a deprecating gesture.
  • Derived terms

    * deprecatingly

    disparaging

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Insulting, ridiculing.
  • The candidate made disparaging remarks about his opponent, but they only made him seem small for insulting a worthy adversary.

    Synonyms

    * degrading

    Verb

    (head)
  • Noun

    (en noun)
  • disparagement
  • * Thomas Hardy
  • I am tracked by phantoms having weird detective ways Men with a wintry sneer, and women with tart disparagings .