One entry found for depreciation.

Entry Word: depreciation
Function: noun
Text: the act of making a person or a thing seem little or unimportant <the boys' depreciation of the girls' basketball victories only showed how jealous they were>
Synonyms belittlement, deprecation, detraction, diminishment, disparagement, put-down
Related Words aspersion, backbiting, defamation, libel, slander, vilification; derision, mockery, ridicule; abuse, invective, vituperation; censure, condemnation, denunciation
Near Antonyms acclaim, praise; approbation, approval, commendation
Antonyms aggrandizement, ennoblement, exaltation, glorification, magnification