Associations to the word «Depreciate»

Wiktionary

DEPRECIATE, verb. (transitive) To lessen in price or estimated value; to lower the worth of; to represent as of little value or claim to esteem; to undervalue.
DEPRECIATE, verb. (intransitive) To decline in value over time.
DEPRECIATE, verb. (transitive) To belittle.

Dictionary definition

DEPRECIATE, verb. Belittle; "The teacher should not deprecate his student's efforts".
DEPRECIATE, verb. Lower the value of something; "The Fed depreciated the dollar once again".
DEPRECIATE, verb. Lose in value; "The dollar depreciated again".

Wise words

Don't you know this, that words are doctors to a diseased temperment?
Aeschylus