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Depreciative

see synonyms of depreciative

Adjective

1. depreciating, depreciative, depreciatory

tending to decrease or cause a decrease in value

Example Sentences:
'a depreciating currency'
'depreciatory effects on prices'

2. belittling, deprecating, deprecative, deprecatory, depreciative, depreciatory, slighting

tending to diminish or disparage

Example Sentences:
'belittling comments'
'managed a deprecating smile at the compliment'
'deprecatory remarks about the book'
'a slighting remark'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.


Depreciative

see synonyms of depreciative
verb
1. 
to reduce or decline in value or price
2. (transitive)
to lessen the value of by derision, criticism, etc; disparage

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Depreciative

see synonyms of depreciative
verb transitiveWord forms: deˈpreciˌated or deˈpreciˌating
1. 
to reduce in value or price
2. 
to make seem less important; belittle; disparage
verb intransitive US
3. 
to drop in value or price

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Depreciative

see synonyms of depreciative
adj.
1. Diminishing in value.
2. Disparaging; belittling.

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