different between deprecating vs reprobation

English

Verb

deprecating

1. present participle of deprecate

Adjective

deprecating (comparative more deprecating, superlative most deprecating)

1. In manner that deprecates; insulting; belittling.
   • 1912, Lucy Maud Montgomery, Chronicles of Avonlea, Chapter I. The Hurrying of Ludovic, 7

     Theodora, with a deprecating look at Arnold Sherman, took his arm, and Ludovic marched her across the green amid a silence which the very horses tied to the storm fence seemed to share. For Ludovic 'twas a crowded hour of glorious life.

   She looked at him with a deprecating smile on her face.

   He raised his hand with a deprecating gesture.

Derived terms

• deprecatingly

Translations

English

Etymology

From French réprobation, or Latin reprobatio.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /???p???be???n/

Noun

reprobation (countable and uncountable, plural reprobations)

1. The act of reprobating; the state of being reprobated; strong disapproval, reproof or censure.
   • 1808, Francis Jeffrey, Lord Jeffrey, History and Historical Memoirs

     the profligate pretences upon which he was perpetually soliciting an increase of his disgraceful stipend are mentioned with becoming reprobation.
2. (Christianity) The predestination of a certain number of the human race as reprobates, or objects of condemnation and punishment; damnation.
3. (military) Disqualification to hold office.

Related terms

• reprobate
• reprobationary
• reprobative

Anagrams

• preabortion, probationer