deprecating

Questions about deprecating

What does deprecating mean?

deprecating means "tending to diminish or disparage".

How many syllables are in deprecating?

deprecating has 4 syllables: dep-re-ca-ting. The stress falls on "dep". In IPA it is /ˈdɛpɹəˌkeɪtɪŋ/.

What is another word for deprecating?

Close synonyms include belittling, deprecative, deprecatory, depreciative, depreciatory. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is deprecating a common word?

deprecating is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with deprecating?

6 words rhyme with deprecating. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.