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verb

1. To become or make less in price or value: cheapen, depress, devaluate, devalue, downgrade, lower, mark down, reduce, write down. See increase/decrease, money.
2. To think, represent, or speak of as small or unimportant: belittle, decry, denigrate, deprecate, derogate, detract, discount, disparage, downgrade, minimize, run down, slight, talk down. Idioms: makelightlittleof. See attack/defend, show/hide.

v

Definition: belittle, ridicule
Antonyms: approve, commend, compliment, exalt, laud, praise, recommend

v

Definition: devalue, lose value
Antonyms: gain value, increase, overrate, raise, rate

IN BRIEF: To lessen the worth of.

The couple's stocks continued to depreciate in value.

Tutor's tip: If you "deprecate" (to disapprove or to speak critically) someone else's abilities you might "depreciate" (to reduce the value of something) their ability to contribute to the project.

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• Blame, Censure, Ridicule, and Contempt - depreciate: (vb) disparage, represent as of little value

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Dansk (Danish)
v. tr. - forringe, undervurdere, tale ringeagtende om
v. intr. - forringes, tabe i værdi

Nederlands (Dutch)
in waarde/prijs (doen) dalen, geringschatten, denigreren

Français (French)
v. tr. - déprécier, dévaloriser
v. intr. - (Fin, fig) se déprécier, se dévaloriser

Deutsch (German)
v. - herabsetzen, abwerten

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - υποτιμώ/-ούμαι, υφίσταμαι απόσβεση, απομειώνω/-ομαι

Italiano (Italian)
denigrare, deprezzare

Português (Portuguese)
v. - depreciar

Русский (Russian)
умалять, обесценивать

Español (Spanish)
v. tr. - denigrar, depreciar, devaluar
v. intr. - devaluarse

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - sänka värdet, bildl. nedvärdera, skriva av

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
降价, 贬低, 跌价, 贬值

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
v. tr. - 降價, 貶低
v. intr. - 降價, 跌價, 貶值

한국어 (Korean)
v. tr. - 깔보다, 시장 가치를 떨어뜨리다
v. intr. - 값이 떨어지다, 화폐 가치가 하락하다

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - 価値を下げる, 価値が下がる, 軽視する

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) يصبح أقل قيمه, يقلل من قدر أو أهميه شئ‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. tr. - ‮ירד בערכו, זילזל ב-, הוריד את כוח הקניה של (כסף)‬
v. intr. - ‮ירד בערכו‬

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