different between deprecating vs ridiculing

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

Adjective

ridiculing (comparative more ridiculing, superlative most ridiculing)

1. In a manner intended to ridicule.

Verb

ridiculing

1. present participle of ridicule

Noun

ridiculing (plural ridiculings)

1. The act of exposing to ridicule.
   • 2002, Daniel M. Haybron, Earth's Abominations: Philosophical Studies of Evil (page 33)

     Killings that are not wicked could exist, as could ridiculings that are wicked.

Anagrams

• ringiculid