adj, verb ·5 syllables ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Verb

1. 1
   present participle and gerund of depreciate form-of, gerund, participle, present

Adjective

1. 1
   That is declining in value.
2. 2
   That degrades the value of something; deprecating.

   "Gregson and Lestrade seemed to be far from satisfied by this assurance, or by the depreciating allusion to the detective police."

Adjective

1. 1
   tending to decrease or cause a decrease in value wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms

criticaldecreasingdepreciativedepreciatoryderogatory

Example

More examples

"The Algerian dinar has been hardly depreciating."

Related phrases

self-depreciating

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