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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (2)

1. tending to decrease or cause a decrease in value;
- Example: "a depreciating currency"
- Example: "depreciatory effects on prices"
[syn: depreciating, depreciative, depreciatory]

2. tending to diminish or disparage;
- Example: "belittling comments"
- Example: "managed a deprecating smile at the compliment"
- Example: "deprecatory remarks about the book"
- Example: "a slighting remark"
[syn: belittling, deprecating, deprecative, deprecatory, depreciative, depreciatory, slighting]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Depreciative \De*pre"ci*a`tive\ (d[-e]*pr[=e]"sh[i^]*[=a]`t[i^]v
   or d[-e]*pr[=e]"sh[.a]*t[i^]v), a.
   Tending, or intended, to depreciate; expressing depreciation;
   undervaluing. -- De*pre"ci*a`tive*ly, adv.
   [1913 Webster]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

depreciative
    adj 1: tending to decrease or cause a decrease in value; "a
           depreciating currency"; "depreciatory effects on prices"
           [syn: depreciating, depreciative, depreciatory]
    2: tending to diminish or disparage; "belittling comments";
       "managed a deprecating smile at the compliment"; "deprecatory
       remarks about the book"; "a slighting remark" [syn:
       belittling, deprecating, deprecative, deprecatory,
       depreciative, depreciatory, slighting]