adjective
- Tending to decrease or cause a decrease in value.
- usage: "a depreciating currency"; "depreciatory effects on prices"
- synonyms: depreciating, depreciatory
- Tending to diminish or disparage.
- usage: "belittling comments"; "managed a deprecating smile at the compliment"; "deprecatory remarks about the book"; "a slighting remark"
- synonyms: belittling, deprecating, deprecative, deprecatory, depreciatory, slighting
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