deprecatory

Questions about deprecatory

What does deprecatory mean?

deprecatory means "tending to diminish or disparage".

How many syllables are in deprecatory?

deprecatory has 5 syllables: de-pre-ca-to-ry. The stress falls on "ca".

What is another word for deprecatory?

Close synonyms include belittling, deprecating, deprecative, 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 deprecatory a common word?

deprecatory 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.