Adjective: depreciatory di'pree-sh(ee-)u,to-ree [N. Amer], di'pree-sh(ee-)u-tree [Brit]
- Tending to decrease or cause a decrease in value
"depreciatory effects on prices";
- depreciating, depreciative
- Tending to diminish or disparage
"depreciatory comments";
- belittling, deprecating, deprecative, deprecatory, depreciative, slighting, depreciating
See also: decreasing, uncomplimentary