Hypertext Webster Gateway: "depreciatory"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Depreciatory \De*pre"ci*a*to*ry\, a.
Tending to depreciate; undervaluing; depreciative.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
depreciatory
adj 1: tending to decrease or cause a decrease in value; "a
depreciating currency"; "depreciatory effects on
prices" [syn: {depreciating}, {depreciative}]
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}, {slighting}]
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