Associations to the word «Depreciatory»
Wiktionary
DEPRECIATORY, adjective. Pertaining to depreciation
Dictionary definition
DEPRECIATORY, adjective. Tending to decrease or cause a decrease in value; "a depreciating currency"; "depreciatory effects on prices".
DEPRECIATORY, adjective. Tending to diminish or disparage; "belittling comments"; "managed a deprecating smile at the compliment"; "deprecatory remarks about the book"; "a slighting remark".
Wise words
In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike
fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the
new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.