Dictionary

depreciate en · VERB

Pronunciation

• /dəˈpriʃiˌeɪt/ (US)
• /dɪˈpɹiːʃɪeɪt/ (UK)
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Etymology

Inherited from Middle English depreciaten, borrowed from Late Latin dēpretiātus / dēpreciātus, perfect passive participle of dēpretiō / dēpreciō (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)), from dē- + pretium (“price”) + -ō.

Meanings

1. (transitive) To lessen in price or estimated value; to lower the worth of.
   • […] which […] some over-severe philosophers may look upon fastidiously, or undervalue and depreciate. 1678, Ralph Cudworth, The True Intellectual System of the Universe:
   • To prove that the Americans ought not to be free, we are obliged to depreciate the value of freedom itself. 1 December, 1783, Edmund Burke, speech on Fox's East India Bill:
2. (intransitive) To decline in value over time.
3. (transitive) To belittle or disparage.
   • They depreciated him because he was the youngest on the team.

Forms

Antonyms

appreciate · raise · ennoble · big up · elevate · promote · advance · upvalue · dignify · aggrandize · appreciate · aggrandize · nobilitate · prefer · exalt · honor · uplift

Deriveds

depreciative · depreciatory · nondepreciated · undepreciated · self-depreciate · depreciator · depreciatable

Relateds

appreciate · price · prize · precious

Synonyms

whittle down to size · chat shit · disrepute · tarnish · blot · assassinate · dirty · avile · cut down to size · abase · cloud · foul · slander · diss · bewray · deprave · sink · slur · libel · depreciate · disgrace · drag through the mud · demote · discredit · devalue · blemish · demonize · asperse · depress · besmirch · degrade · humiliate · badmouth · devalue · defame · debauch · slag · disgrace · calumny · villainize · debase · besmear · elevate · talk trash · degrade · talk shit · trash-talk · vilipend · embase · belibel · shit-talk · badmouth · lampoon · give a bad name · speak ill of · reduce · forspeak · calumniate · blur · forgab · unflatter · blaze · scandal · infamize · downgrade · degrade · dishonour · devaluate · relegate · blame · trim down to size · backbite · spatter · talk shite · revile · befoul · reproach · dirty · defame · stain · discredit · blacken · disparage · sully · malign · denigrate · torch · put someone in their place · humble · stab · vilify · demean · chat shite · devaluate · smear · detract · devalue · knock down to size · smirch · traduce · disparage · spot · abase · muddy · bring down to size · cut down to size · monsterize · wrong · debase · depreciate · vitiate

Translations (41)

fi laskea ((tr.) to lessen in price or value) · he קזז ((tr.) to lessen in price or value) · es depreciarse ((intr.) to decline in value over time) · ru обесценивать ((tr.) to lessen in price or value) · ro micșora ((tr.) to lessen in price or value) · ru обесценить ((tr.) to lessen in price or value) · it deprezzarsi ((intr.) to decline in value over time) · fi alentaa ((tr.) to lessen in price or value) · fr déprécier ((tr.) to lessen in price or value) · hu devalválódik ((intr.) to decline in value over time) · hu leértékelődik ((intr.) to decline in value over time) · ca depreciar ((intr.) to decline in value over time) · de herabsetzen ((tr.) to lessen in price or value) · ru обесцениваться ((intr.) to decline in value over time) · mk обезвредни ((tr.) to lessen in price or value) · ru обесцениться ((intr.) to decline in value over time) · ca devaluar ((tr.) to lessen in price or value) · yao kugwa ((intr.) to decline in value over time) · fi halveta ((intr.) to decline in value over time) · ro deprecia ((tr.) to lessen in price or value) · he הפחית ((tr.) to lessen in price or value) · ro se diminua ((intr.) to decline in value over time) · ro diminua ((tr.) to lessen in price or value) · it deprezzare ((tr.) to lessen in price or value) · la ēvīlescō ((intr.) to decline in value over time) · bg обезценявам се ((intr.) to decline in value over time) · es desmerecer ((intr.) to decline in value over time) · hu devalvál ((tr.) to lessen in price or value) · hu elértéktelenít ((tr.) to lessen in price or value) · de abschreiben ((intr.) to decline in value over time) · fi halventaa ((tr.) to lessen in price or value) · fi alentua ((intr.) to decline in value over time) · hu elértéktelenedik ((intr.) to decline in value over time) · pl deprecjonować ((tr.) to lessen in price or value) · ca depreciar ((tr.) to lessen in price or value) · fi laskea ((intr.) to decline in value over time) · ro se micșora ((intr.) to decline in value over time) · es depreciar ((tr.) to lessen in price or value) · bg обезценявам ((tr.) to lessen in price or value) · hu leértékel ((tr.) to lessen in price or value) · ro se deprecia ((intr.) to decline in value over time)