Depreciatory — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

tending to decrease or cause a decrease in value

tending to diminish or disparage

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/dˈoʊsɪdʒ/

🇬🇧British English

/dɪpɹˈiːʃɪətəɹi/

🇮🇳Indian English

/dɪpɹˈiːʃɪətəɹi/

5 syllables Say it as /dˈoʊsɪdʒ/.

Examples

a depreciating currency
depreciatory effects on prices
belittling comments

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

belittling deprecating slighting deprecatory depreciative deprecative depreciating

Parts of Speech

adjective	tending to decrease or cause a decrease in value “a depreciating currency”
adjective	tending to diminish or disparage “belittling comments”

Word Forms

depreciate	verb	lower the value of something
deprecate	verb	belittle

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

abwertend

tendenziell abnimmt oder einen Wertverlust verursacht

🇫🇷French

dépréciable

tendant à diminuer ou à provoquer une diminution de valeur

🇪🇸Spanish

deprecatorio

tiende a disminuir o causar una disminución en el valor

🇮🇹Italian

svalutativo

tendenti a diminuire o provocare una diminuzione di valore

🇳🇱Dutch

deprecierend

de neiging heeft om de waarde te verlagen of te veroorzaken

🇵🇹Portuguese

depreciativo

tendendo a diminuir ou causar uma diminuição no valor

🇷🇺Russian

обесценивающий

имеет тенденцию к уменьшению или вызывает уменьшение стоимости

India

🇮🇳Hindi

मूल्यह्रास

मूल्य में कमी लाने या कमी लाने की प्रवृत्ति

🇧🇩Bengali

অবমূল্যায়নকারী

মান হ্রাস বা হ্রাস করার প্রবণতা

🇮🇳Tamil

தேய்மானம்

மதிப்பைக் குறைக்க அல்லது குறைக்க முனைகிறது

🇮🇳Telugu

తరుగుదల

విలువ తగ్గడానికి లేదా తగ్గడానికి కారణమవుతుంది

🇮🇳Marathi

घसारा

मूल्य कमी करण्यासाठी किंवा कमी करण्यासाठी प्रवृत्ती

🇮🇳Gujarati

અવમૂલ્યન

મૂલ્યમાં ઘટાડો અથવા ઘટાડો થવાનું વલણ

🇮🇳Kannada

ಸವಕಳಿ

ಮೌಲ್ಯದಲ್ಲಿ ಇಳಿಕೆ ಅಥವಾ ಇಳಿಕೆಗೆ ಒಲವು ತೋರುವುದು

🇮🇳Malayalam

മൂല്യത്തകർച്ച

മൂല്യം കുറയുകയോ കുറയുകയോ ചെയ്യുന്ന പ്രവണത

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਘਟਾਓ

ਮੁੱਲ ਵਿੱਚ ਕਮੀ ਜਾਂ ਕਮੀ ਦਾ ਕਾਰਨ ਬਣਨਾ

🇵🇰Urdu

فرسودگی

قدر میں کمی یا کمی کا رجحان

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

贬值的

趋于减少或导致价值减少

🇯🇵Japanese

減価償却的な

価値が減少する、または減少を引き起こす傾向がある

🇰🇷Korean

감가상각의

가치가 감소하거나 감소하는 경향이 있음

🇻🇳Vietnamese

mất giá

có xu hướng giảm hoặc gây ra sự giảm giá trị

🇹🇭Thai

ค่าเสื่อมราคา

มีแนวโน้มลดลงหรือทำให้มูลค่าลดลง

🇮🇩Indonesian

yg menjatuhkan harganya

cenderung menurun atau menyebabkan penurunan nilai

🇵🇭Filipino

nagpapababa ng halaga

may posibilidad na bumaba o magdulot ng pagbaba ng halaga

🇲🇾Malay

susut nilai

cenderung menurun atau menyebabkan penurunan nilai

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

استهلاكي

تميل إلى الانخفاض أو التسبب في انخفاض القيمة

🇮🇷Persian

مستهلک کننده

تمایل به کاهش یا کاهش ارزش دارد

🇹🇷Turkish

yıpratıcı

Değerin azalmasına veya azalmasına neden olma eğilimi

🇮🇱Hebrew

פחת

נוטה לרדת או לגרום לירידת ערך

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The primary meaning of 'depreciatory' is 'tending to decrease or cause a decrease in value'.

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