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Depreciative

adjective

Tending to decrease or cause a decrease in value. Synonyms: depreciating, depreciatory. "Depreciatory effects on prices"

Tending to diminish or disparage. Synonyms: belittling, deprecating, deprecative, deprecatory, depreciatory, slighting. "Managed a deprecating smile at the compliment" , "Deprecatory remarks about the book" , "A slighting remark"

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"Depreciative" Quotes from Famous Books

... he was neither proud nor depreciative of his people. He was simply modest. Nor did he ever outgrow his sympathy ...

— The Life of Abraham Lincoln • Henry Ketcham