What does depreciating mean?
Depreciating means present participle and gerund of depreciate.
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Pronunciation varies by accent · verb
present participle and gerund of depreciate.
Gregson and Lestrade seemed to be far from satisfied by this assurance, or by the depreciating allusion to the detective police.
Use depreciating when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Depreciating means present participle and gerund of depreciate.
Common synonyms include decreasing, depreciatory, depreciative.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
Gregson and Lestrade seemed to be far from satisfied by this assurance, or by the depreciating allusion to the detective police.
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