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Adjective: deprecative  'de-pru`key-tiv [N. Amer], de-pri-ku-tiv [Brit]
  1. Tending to diminish or disparage
    "deprecative comments"
    - belittling, deprecating, deprecatory, depreciative, depreciatory, slighting
     
  2. Given to expressing disapproval

See also: critical, deprecate, deprecatively, uncomplimentary