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Depreciative

adjective

Tending to decrease or cause a decrease in value. Synonyms: depreciating, depreciatory. "Depreciatory effects on prices"

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"

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Etymology of 'Depreciative'

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"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

Words linked to "Depreciative" : uncomplimentary, depreciate, deprecatory, decreasing