depreciatory

American  

[dih-pree-shee-uh-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee, -pree-shuh-] / dɪˈpri ʃi əˌtɔr i, -ˌtoʊr i, -ˈpri ʃə- /

Also depreciative

adjective

1. tending to depreciate.

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Other Word Forms

• depreciatively adverb
• nondepreciative adjective
• nondepreciatively adverb
• nondepreciatory adjective
• undepreciative adjective
• undepreciatory adjective

Etymology

Origin of depreciatory

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

Example Sentences

I did a lot of self depreciatory jokes aimed at myself, aimed at my colour because I had seen a lot of other black comedians do it.

From BBC • Nov. 14, 2016

But at the core of it are the exorcism prayers themselves, which are composed of the imperative and the depreciatory.

From Time Magazine Archive

Johnston had chartered a private plane, was waiting on the platform at every major stop, issuing depreciatory statements.

From Time Magazine Archive

The depreciatory involves the exorcist entreating God � "God, come down and bless this person."

From Time Magazine Archive

—Can any of your correspondents tell me why the termination aster is used in a depreciatory sense in Latin, as poetaster, a bad poet; oleaster, the wild olive; pinaster, the wild pine?

From Notes and Queries, Vol. IV, Number 91, July 26, 1851 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. by Various