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

mentally unsound; extremely foolish or enthusiastic

Unreasonably high (of a price or amount charged).

That cannot be suppressed or restrained.

Based on instinctive understanding rather than reasoning.

Relating to an empire or emperor; having supreme authority.

Available as another possibility or choice; different from the usual or conventional.