Contemptuous
Contemptuous adjective - Intended to make a person or thing seem of little importance or value.
Usage example: contemptuous comments about the baseball team's pathetic showings
Decrying and contemptuous are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Decrying" instead an adjective "Contemptuous".
Decrying
Decrying adjective - Intended to make a person or thing seem of little importance or value.
Usage example: the usual decrying remarks about the clothes that the stars wore to the awards ceremony
Contemptuous and decrying are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Contemptuous" instead an adjective "Decrying".
Nearby Word: decried
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- critical and contemptuous
- critical and decrying
- offensive and contemptuous
- offensive and decrying
- opprobrious and contemptuous
- opprobrious and decrying
- insulting and contemptuous
- insulting and decrying
- scornful and contemptuous
- scornful and decrying
- sarcastic and contemptuous
- sarcastic and decrying
- deprecatory and contemptuous
- deprecatory and decrying
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