Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

depreciative

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
de-pre-cia-tive
IPA
20
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
4
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A statement with a tendency to depreciate.

Countable; Uncountable

adj

Tending to depreciate (in value).

adj

Belittling, disparaging.

Etymology

From depreciate + -ive.

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

depreciatives (plural) more depreciative (comparative) most depreciative (superlative)

Derived Forms

depreciatively

Frequently Paired Words

deprecative

Synonyms

belittling deprecating deprecative deprecatory depreciatory slighting depreciating

Questions

What does depreciative mean?
A statement with a tendency to depreciate.
Where does depreciative come from?
From depreciate + -ive.

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