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depreciative definition

depreciative


 
  Overview  of  adj  depreciative 
 
  The  adj  depreciative  has  2  senses  (no  senses  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  depreciating,  depreciative,  depreciatory  --  (tending  to  decrease  or  cause  a  decrease  in  value;  "a  depreciating  currency";  "depreciatory  effects  on  prices") 
  2.  belittling,  deprecating,  deprecative,  deprecatory,  depreciative,  depreciatory,  slighting  --  (tending  to  diminish  or  disparage;  "belittling  comments";  "managed  a  deprecating  smile  at  the  compliment";  "deprecatory  remarks  about  the  book";  "a  slighting  remark") 
 
  Antonyms  of  adj  depreciative 
 
  2  senses  of  depreciative 
 
  Sense  1 
  depreciating,  depreciative,  depreciatory 
 
  INDIRECT  (VIA  decreasing)  ->  increasing 
 
  Sense  2 
  belittling,  deprecating,  deprecative,  deprecatory,  depreciative,  depreciatory,  slighting 
 
  INDIRECT  (VIA  uncomplimentary)  ->  complimentary 
 
  Similarity  of  adj  depreciative 
 
  2  senses  of  depreciative 
 
  Sense  1 
  depreciating,  depreciative,  depreciatory 
  =>  decreasing  (vs.  increasing) 
 
  Sense  2 
  belittling,  deprecating,  deprecative,  deprecatory,  depreciative,  depreciatory,  slighting 
  =>  uncomplimentary  (vs.  complimentary) 
 
  Attributes  of  adj  depreciative 
 
 
  Familiarity  of  adj  depreciative 
 
  depreciative  used  as  an  adjective  is  rare  (polysemy  count  =  2) 
 
  Grep  of  adj  depreciative 
  depreciative 
 
  Overview  of  adj  depreciative 
 
  The  adj  depreciative  has  2  senses  (no  senses  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  depreciating,  depreciative,  depreciatory  --  (tending  to  decrease  or  cause  a  decrease  in  value;  "a  depreciating  currency";  "depreciatory  effects  on  prices") 
  2.  belittling,  deprecating,  deprecative,  deprecatory,  depreciative,  depreciatory,  slighting  --  (tending  to  diminish  or  disparage;  "belittling  comments";  "managed  a  deprecating  smile  at  the  compliment";  "deprecatory  remarks  about  the  book";  "a  slighting  remark") 



depreciative definition