 depreciative |
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| 1. | [ adjective ] tending to decrease or cause a decrease in value | |
| Synonyms: | depreciatory depreciating | |
| Examples: | "a depreciating currency" "depreciatory effects on prices" |
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| Related terms: | decreasing | |
| 2. | [ adjective ] tending to diminish or disparage | |
| Synonyms: | deprecatory deprecating depreciatory deprecative slighting belittling | |
| Examples: | "belittling comments" "managed a deprecating smile at the compliment" "deprecatory remarks about the book" "a slighting remark" |
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| Related terms: | uncomplimentary | |
| Similar spelling: |
deprecative depreciate deprecatively depreciation depreciating depreciator depreciatory deprecate depressive deprecation deprecating depressant deprecatory |
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