Tending to diminish or disparage.
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It's a bit of a problem, she laughed in a self-deprecating fashion.
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He's self-deprecating and quick-witted enough to keep the action breezing right along.
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For all the shared self-deprecating glee, nobody really knows what to expect.
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It was self-deprecating, sometimes angry, often witty - and a great success.
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At this point you might expect a self-deprecating tale of my pratfall.
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Looking for a self-deprecating tweet that proves you're also in the know?
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With typical self-deprecating cheek, Viz repeatedly put those words on the cover.
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The image's quirkiness is in keeping with Belgium's self-deprecating, ironic, national style.
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That was what her smile said in its soft and deprecating bitterness.
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Self-deprecating, loud and funny, Poppy often uses comedy to hide her pain.
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Lenore, in the midst of her sobs, here made a deprecating gesture.
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On earlier occasions he had followed Calvin in deprecating such sanguinary measures.
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He rose and started for the inner door with a deprecating smile.
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He gave her a self-deprecating grin that made Kelly's heart flip over.
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He can be charmingly self-deprecating one moment, and repellently vain the next.
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He had a gentle deprecating eye, and the heart of a poet.
