deprecatory

intended to make a person or thing seem of little importance or value he typically followed up any mention of his accomplishments with some deprecatory comments about his perceived failures Synonyms of deprecatory belittling, contemptuous, decrying, degrading, demeaning, denigrative, denigratory, derogatory, depreciative, depreciatory, derisory, derogative, detractive, disdainful, disparaging, pejorative, scornful, slighting, uncomplimentaryWords Related to deprecatory aspersing, calumnious, defamatory, insulting, libelous (or libellous), maligning, slandering, slanderous, vilifying; abusive, opprobrious, scurrilous; catty, cruel, despiteful, hateful, malevolent, malicious, malign, malignant, mean, nasty, spiteful, unkind, virulent; critical, denunciative, denunciatory; acrimonious, bitter, envious, jaundiced, jealous, rancorous, resentful; acrid, caustic, scathing, venomousNear Antonyms of deprecatory admiring, adulatory, applauding, approving, friendly, positive; appreciative, respectful; kind, kindhearted, kindly, sympathetic, unmalicious, warm, warmheartedAntonyms of deprecatory commendatory, complimentary, laudative, laudatory