deprecate

Meaning

1. (transitive) To express disapproval of, protest or plead against.
2. (transitive) To belittle, depreciate.
3. (transitive) To declare something obsolescent; to recommend against a function, technique, command, etc. that still works but has been replaced.
4. (archaic, transitive) To pray against.
5. (archaic, transitive) To regret deeply.

Synonyms

belittle

disapprove

condemn

reprobate

depreciate

play down

decry

discountenance

traduce

denigrate

disparage

denounce

deplore

vilipend

disfavor

disfavour

doom

downplay

exclude

execrate

frown on

give

hiss

hoot

judge

🧑‍⚖️

minimise

minimize

pick at

pooh-pooh

referee

refute

reject

reproach

reprove

sentence

trivialize

tut

understate

anathematise

comminate

frown upon

pass judgment

protest against

speak ill of

talk down

tsk

adjudge

tut-tut

adjudicate

anathematize

Translations

désapprouver

ablehnen

missbilligen

deprecare

desaprovar

desaprobar

αποδοκιμάζω

prier

🛐

mißbilligen

disapprovare

implorer

depreciar

afkeuren

κατακρίνω

beten dagegen

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈdɛpɹɪkeɪt/

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin dēprecātus, perfect active participle of dēprecor (“to pray against (a present or impending evil) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)), pray for, intercede for (that which is in danger), rarely imprecate”), from dē- (“off”) + precor (“to pray”).