Free translatorFree translator
Synonyms, antonyms, pronunciation

  Home 		English Dictionary      examples: 'day', 'get rid of', 'New York Bay'




Depreciative   Listen
Depreciative

adjective
1.
Tending to decrease or cause a decrease in value.  Synonyms: depreciating, depreciatory.  "Depreciatory effects on prices"
2.
Tending to diminish or disparage.  Synonyms: belittling, deprecating, deprecative, deprecatory, depreciatory, slighting.  "Managed a deprecating smile at the compliment" , "Deprecatory remarks about the book" , "A slighting remark"





WordNet 3.0 © 2010 Princeton University


Advanced search
     Find words:
Starting with
Ending with
Containing
Matching a pattern  

Synonyms
Antonyms
Quotes
Words linked to  

only single words


Share |




"Depreciative" Quotes from Famous Books



... degraded her men and women. They habitually made lewd jokes of everything human and divine, and were noted for their cruelty to animals. If Alessandro became execrated as "The Tyrant and Ravisher of Florence," Lorenzino was scouted as "A monster and a miracle," and his depreciative nickname underwent a new spelling—"Lorenzaccio,"— "Lorenzo ...
— The Tragedies of the Medici • Edgcumbe Staley


Copyright © 2024 Free Translator.org