depreciative

English

Etymology

From depreciate +‎ -ive.

Noun

depreciative (countable and uncountable, plural depreciatives)

  1. A statement with a tendency to depreciate.

Adjective

depreciative (comparative more depreciative, superlative most depreciative)

  1. Tending to depreciate (in value).
  2. Belittling, disparaging.
    Coordinate term: deprecative

Derived terms

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