Synonyms of deprecated

deprecated

verb

past tense of deprecate

1

as in dismissed

to express scornfully one's low opinion of

movie critics tried to outdo one another in deprecating the comedy as the stupidest movie of the year

Synonyms & Similar Words

• dismissed
• diminished
• minimized
• depreciated
• criticized
• disparaged
• derogated
• denigrated
• discounted
• decried
• dumped on
• denounced
• belittled
• ran down
• cried down
• disliked
• talked down
• condemned
• played down
• trashed
• discredited
• wrote off
• bad-mouthed
• put down
• poor-mouthed
• dissed
• trash-talked
• vilipended
• scolded
• kissed off
• abused
• disapproved (of)
• maligned
• discommended
• disgraced
• censured
• slandered
• vilified
• traduced
• reprehended
• reprobated
• aspersed
• defamed
• ripped
• slurred

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• praised
• approved
• recommended
• applauded
• exalted
• endorsed
• extolled
• acclaimed
• lauded
• favored
• glorified
• sanctioned
• magnified
• commended
• complimented
• countenanced
• eulogized

2

as in disliked

to hold an unfavorable opinion of

deprecates TV sitcoms as childish and simpleminded

Synonyms & Similar Words

• disliked
• criticized
• rejected
• frowned (on or upon)
• denounced
• discountenanced
• disapproved (of)
• disesteemed
• condemned
• reproved
• misliked
• disfavored
• looked down one's nose (on)
• tutted (over or about)
• scorned
• tut-tutted (over or about)
• tsk-tsked
• disrelished
• scolded
• objected (to)
• reprehended
• pooh-poohed
• reprobated
• censured
• discommended
• rebuked
• chid
• reproached

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• approved
• favored
• liked
• supported
• endorsed
• sanctioned
• loved
• enjoyed
• delighted (in)
• dug
• adored
• grooved (on)
• fancied
• relished
• reveled (in)

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of deprecated

Then a contract renewal arrived, or a model got deprecated, or a competitor shipped something better. — Forbes.com, 10 July 2026

On a year-to-date basis, the currency has deprecated over 8% against the greenback. — Lim Hui Jie, CNBC, 9 June 2026

Once the new models go live, earlier versions will be deprecated. — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 25 Nov. 2025

Microsoft’s first Kerberos implementation protects a password from cracking attacks by representing it as a hash generated with a single iteration of Microsoft’s NTLM cryptographic hash function, which itself is a modification of the super-fast, and now deprecated, MD4 hash function. — Jonathan M. Gitlin, ArsTechnica, 18 Sep. 2025