depreciatory

[ dih-pree-shee-uh-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee, -pree-shuh- ]

adjective

1. tending to depreciate.

Other Words From

• de·preci·ative·ly adverb
• nonde·preci·ative adjective
• nonde·preci·ative·ly adverb
• nonde·preci·a·tory adjective
• unde·preci·ative adjective
• unde·preci·a·tory adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of depreciatory¹

First recorded in 1795–1805; depreciate + -ory ¹

Example Sentences

But recent discoveries have brought to light many important examples which completely disprove his depreciatory estimate.

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But against any such depreciatory remarks we have to set Chopin's high opinion of Zywny's teaching capability.

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We have studiously avoided portraying fashionable life according to the vulgar notions, whether depreciatory or panegyrical.

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Nay, she would not listen to a depreciatory word on him from her cousin Henrietta Kirby-Levellier.

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And depreciatory remarks are slightingly introduced concerning the work at other agencies.

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