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Definition of Depreciative
1. Adjective. Tending to decrease or cause a decrease in value. "Depreciatory effects on prices"
Similar to: Decreasing
Derivative terms: Depreciate, Depreciate, Depreciate, Depreciate
2. Adjective. Tending to diminish or disparage. "A slighting remark"
Similar to: Uncomplimentary
Derivative terms: Deprecate, Deprecate, Depreciate, Depreciate
Definition of Depreciative
1. a. Tending, or intended, to depreciate; expressing depreciation; undervaluing.
Definition of Depreciative
1. Adjective. tending to depreciate (in value etc.) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Depreciative
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Depreciative
Literary usage of Depreciative
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of English Usage by Inc. Merriam-Webster (1994)
"... depreciative These are relatively rare alternatives to deprecatory and
depreciatory. See the article at DEPRECATING, DEPRECATORY, ..."
2. Notes and Queries by Martim de Albuquerque (1901)
"... used alone has both depreciative ant appreciative senses. ... Hotten gives
only the depreciative whereas the ' Century Dictionary ' gives onl; ..."
3. Semantics: Studies in the Science of Meaning by Michel Bréal (1900)
"Modern German has a class of verbs that may be called " depreciative," for they
... The depreciative idea entered as an afterthought into this inflection, ..."
4. Macmillan's Magazine by David Masson, George Grove, John Morley, Mowbray Morris (1887)
"It is to be feared that the impression he will leave will be that of a man whose
mind was deliberatively depreciative; and it cannot be denied that his best ..."
5. Agricultural Economics by James Ernest Boyle (1921)
"The word is commonly used in a depreciative sense, and not in the honorable sense
of the old word "adventurers." The definitions found in Webster's ..."
6. Autology: An Inductive System of Mental Science; Whose Centre is the Will by David Henry Hamilton (1873)
"depreciative SPORTIVENESS, or a disposition to a sportive depreciation of any
... depreciative sportiveness is the mind's holiday, in which it disports ..."
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