| verb | belittle “The teacher should not deprecate his student's efforts” |
| verb | lower the value of something “The Fed depreciated the dollar once again” |
| verb | lose in value “The dollar depreciated again” |
| adjective | tending to decrease or cause a decrease in value “a depreciating currency” |
| deprecative | adjective | tending to diminish or disparage |
| deprecatory | adjective | tending to diminish or disparage |
| deprecation | noun | the act of expressing disapproval (especially of yourself) |
| depreciative | adjective | tending to diminish or disparage |
| depreciatory | adjective | tending to diminish or disparage |
| depreciation | noun | a communication that belittles somebody or something |
| depreciator | noun | one who disparages or belittles the worth of something |
| devaluation | noun | an official lowering of a nation's currency; a decrease in the value of a country's currency relative to that of foreign countries |
| depreciate | verb | lower the value of something |