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Definition of Depreciator
1. Noun. One who disparages or belittles the worth of something.
Generic synonyms: Cynic, Faultfinder
Specialized synonyms: Backbiter, Defamer, Libeler, Maligner, Slanderer, Traducer, Vilifier, Hatemonger, Muckraker, Mudslinger
Derivative terms: Depreciate, Detract, Disparage
Definition of Depreciator
1. n. One who depreciates.
Definition of Depreciator
1. Noun. One who depreciates. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Depreciator
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Depreciator
Literary usage of Depreciator
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Dramatists of the Present Day by Thomas Purnell (1871)
"The depreciator despises his gifted contemporaries, and so gathers nothing but
weeds and self-deception. The appreciator makes a name, a fortune, ..."
2. Catalogue of a Private Collection of Paintings and Original Drawings by by Düsseldorf Gallery, New York, Staatliche Kunstakademie Düsseldorf (1851)
"Such a protecting chance, however, has not come to "the aid of the depreciator
of the " Martyrdom of Huss?' He has judged falsely and unjustly. ..."
3. Dictionary of National Biography by LESLIE. STEPHEN (1892)
"Some depreciator said sneeringly, 'I understand that he is an admirable harlequin,'and
drew from'Jack' Bannister the reply, ' That I am certain of, ..."
4. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London by Royal Society (Great Britain) (1886)
"Let me repeat that I say this, not as a depreciator of literature, but in the
interests of literature. The reason why our young people are so often ..."
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