depreciatory

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I did a lot of self depreciatory jokes aimed at myself, aimed at my colour because I had seen a lot of other black comedians do it.

From BBC • Nov. 14, 2016

The depreciatory involves the exorcist entreating God � "God, come down and bless this person."

From Time Magazine Archive

Johnston had chartered a private plane, was waiting on the platform at every major stop, issuing depreciatory statements.

From Time Magazine Archive

But at the core of it are the exorcism prayers themselves, which are composed of the imperative and the depreciatory.

From Time Magazine Archive

The very depreciatory terms in which the Emperor Napoleon used to speak of the Duke of Wellington as a general is well known.

From Notes and Queries, Number 235, April 29, 1854 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. by Various