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1
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
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2
to hold an unfavorable opinion of
- deprecates TV sitcoms as childish and simpleminded
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- adore,
- delight (in),
- dig,
- enjoy,
- fancy,
- groove (on),
- love,
- relish,
- revel (in)
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“Deprecate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/deprecate. Accessed 17 Sep. 2021.
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The first known use of deprecate was in 1628
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