- depreciating, depreciative, depreciatory - tending to decrease or cause a decrease in value; "a depreciating currency"; "depreciatory effects on prices"
Antonym: increasing (indirect, via decreasing)
- deprecate, depreciate - belittle; "The teacher should not deprecate his student's efforts"
--1 is one way to disparage, belittle, pick at
Sample sentence:Derived forms: noun depreciation3, noun depreciator1
Somebody ----s something
- depreciate - lower the value of something; "The Fed depreciated the dollar once again"
--2 is one way to devalue
Antonyms: appreciate, apprize, apprise
Sample sentences:Derived forms: noun depreciation2, noun depreciation1
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
- depreciate, undervalue, devaluate, devalue - lose in value; "The dollar depreciated again"
--3 is one way to decrease, diminish, lessen, fall
Antonyms: appreciate, apprize, apprise, revalue
Sample sentence:Derived forms: noun depreciation2, noun depreciation1
Something ----s