DEPRECIATE

depreciate, undervalue, devaluate, devalue

(verb) lose in value; “The dollar depreciated again”

depreciate

(verb) lower the value of something; “The Fed depreciated the dollar once again”

deprecate, depreciate, vilipend

(verb) belittle; “The teacher should not deprecate his student’s efforts”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Etymology

Verb

depreciate (third-person singular simple present depreciates, present participle depreciating, simple past and past participle depreciated)

(transitive) To lessen in price or estimated value; to lower the worth of.

• Cudworth

• Burke

(intransitive) To decline in value over time.

(transitive) To belittle or disparage.

Usage notes

• Do not confuse with deprecate (“to disapprove of”). The meaning of deprecate has lately been encroaching on depreciate in the sense 'to belittle'.

Synonyms

• (reduce in value over time)

• (belittle): do down

Antonyms

• (reduce in value over time): appreciate

• (belittle): aggrandise/aggrandize, big up (slang)

Anagrams

• etacepride

Source: Wiktionary

De*pre"ci*ate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Depreciated; p. pr. & vb. n. Depreciating.] Etym: [L. depretiatus, depreciatus, p. p. of depretiare, -ciare, to depreciate; de- + pretiare to prize, fr. pretium price. See Price.]

Definition: To lessen in price or estimated value; to lower the worth of; to represent as of little value or claim to esteem; to undervalue. Addison. Which . . . some over-severe phoilosophers may look upon fastidiously, or undervalue and depreciate. Cudworth. To prove that the Americans ought not to be free, we are obliged to depreciate the value of freedom itself. Burke.

Syn.

– To decry; disparage; traduce; lower; detract; underrate. See Decry.

De*pre"ci*ate, v. i.

Definition: To fall in value; to become of less worth; to sink in estimation; as, a paper currency will depreciate, unless it is convertible into specie.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition