depreciative
AdjectiveWordNet 3.0
Adjective (2)
- tending to decrease or cause a decrease in value“a depreciating currency”“depreciatory effects on prices”Synonyms: depreciatingdepreciatory
- tending to diminish or disparage“belittling comments”“managed a deprecating smile at the compliment”“deprecatory remarks about the book”“a slighting remark”Synonyms: belittlingdeprecatingdeprecativedeprecatorydepreciatoryslighting
Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)
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]