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Definition of deprecatory : Serving to deprecate; tending to remove or avert evil by prayer; apologetic.

Synonyms:

deprecative, belittling, uncomplimentary, depreciatory, derogatory, derogative, pejorative, detractive, deprecating, depreciative, disparaging, praise, depreciating, slighting, low

Usage examples:

• He broke off with a laugh and a deprecatory gesture of the hand, as if he had more in his mind but did not want to put it into words. - "The Last Hope", Henry Seton Merriman.
• Once more the hopeless, deprecatory gesture. - "A Breath of Prairie and other stories", Will Lillibridge.
• The lawyer made a deprecatory movement. - "The Mynns' Mystery", George Manville Fenn.