Entry Word: depreciation

Function: noun

Meaning: the act of making a person or a thing seem little or unimportant <the boysʼ 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