deprecating
adjective C2- In manner that deprecates; insulting; belittling. · She looked at him with a deprecating smile on her face.· He raised his hand with a deprecating gesture.
From the library
“My blushes, Watson!” Holmes murmured in a deprecating voice.
“I beg your excellency’s pardon,” interposed the steward in a deprecating manner, “for venturing to observe that it is already two o’clock.”
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