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deprecative

Syllables: dep·re·ca·tiveUK/ˈdɛp.ɹɪ.keɪ.tɪv/

deprecative adjective: tending to deprecate.

Adjective

deprecative (comparative more deprecative, superlative most deprecative)

  1. Tending to deprecate.
  2. (archaic) Tending to avert evil by prayer.

Synonyms of deprecative

Forms of deprecative

comparativemore deprecative
superlativemost deprecative

Origin of deprecative

From Middle French déprécatif.

Words formed from deprecative

Questions about deprecative

What does deprecative mean?
Deprecative means tending to deprecate.
What part of speech is deprecative?
Deprecative is an adjective.
How do you pronounce deprecative?
Deprecative is pronounced /ˈdɛp.ɹɪ.keɪ.tɪv/ (UK).

Words near deprecative in the dictionary

  1. deprecates
  2. deprecating
  3. deprecatingly
  4. deprecation
  5. deprecations
  6. deprecative
  7. deprecatively
  8. deprecator
  9. deprecatorily
  10. deprecatoriness
  11. deprecators

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