How do you pronounce deferential?

deferential is pronounced as /ˌdɛfəˈrɛnʃəl/.

🙇deferential

adjective

/ˌdɛfəˈrɛnʃəl/

Showing or expressing respect and high regard.

He was always deferential toward his teachers.

respectful, polite, submissive, courteous

disrespectful, rude, defiant

deferential attitude, deferential tone, deferential behavior

secret; private; intended to be kept secret

relating to the period after a war has ended

lowly and sometimes degrading; related to unskilled or routine tasks

Relating to the structure of the earth's crust and the large-scale processes that take place within...

Spoken rather than written; relating to the mouth

resisting authority or control; showing a desire to rebel