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• v  express strong disapproval of; deplore
• v  belittle
• s  tending to diminish or disparage
  managed a deprecating smile at the compliment

• She's relaxed and confident, with a self-deprecating sense of humor.
• The self-deprecating humor is familiar to the 4,500 residents of this beautiful, barren 450,000-acre (182 hectare) reservation.
• She did it with self-deprecating humor, brutal honesty and no small amount of grace.

• deprecate
• depreciate
• vilipend
• belittling
• deprecative
• deprecatory
• depreciative
• depreciatory
• slighting

News & Articles

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• The Pharcyde Keep on Passin' Their Contract By, Claim the Pharcyde
  Damn, we wish the Pharcyde weren't in such a snit. Last year, the pioneering Southern California rappers basked in the 20th anniversary glow of their leftfield classic debut album  Bizarre Ride II the Pharcyd e and its self-deprecating single "Passin' Me By...
  June 20, 2013 - Spin
• Seitz on Futurama’s Final (Final) Frontier
  “Detecting trace amounts of mental activity, possibly a dead weasel or a cartoon viewer.” That’s a quote from Big Brain, mastermind of the Brain Spawn invasion of Earth in the animated sci-fi spoof Futurama, and it’s characteristic of the show’s self-­deprecating humor. But all kidding aside, Futurama has nothing to ... More »
  June 17, 2013 - Vulture
• In Looser Tone, Speakers Urge Graduates to Take Risks and Be Engaged
  Across the country, the addresses of 2013 were much more personal, infused with self-deprecating humor, raunchy asides and references to the speakers’ own humble or distant origins.
  June 15, 2013 - New York Times

Quotes

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• Terry Taylor in The Associated Press
  Robert was a lovely man who truly had a zest for life,Sports Editor Terry Taylor said. "He had a twinkle in his eye, a sly sense of humor and, usually, a self-deprecating remark that made him an irresistible magnet for all of us. We loved...
• Giles Martin in International Herald Tribune
  Receiving the Recording Academy tribute "is a huge honor for him," Giles Martin told AP Television. "But he always said, 'They give me an honor for still being alive.' You know, because he's English, and we're very self-deprecating. But it's...
• Nicholas Serota in BBC News
  Angus Fairhurst was always deprecating about his own talent,Tate director Sir Nicholas Serota said. "But he made some of the most engaging, witty and perceptive works of his generation and was an enormously influential friend of other...