Contemptuous
Contemptuous adjective - Feeling or showing open dislike for someone or something regarded as undeserving of respect or concern.
Denigrating and contemptuous are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Denigrating" instead an adjective "Contemptuous".
Denigrating
Denigrating adjective - (used of statements) harmful and often untrue; tending to discredit or malign.
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Synonyms for Denigrating
Contemptuous and denigrating are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Contemptuous" instead an adjective "Denigrating".
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Related pairs
- critical and contemptuous
- critical and denigrating
- offensive and contemptuous
- offensive and denigrating
- opprobrious and contemptuous
- opprobrious and denigrating
- insulting and contemptuous
- insulting and denigrating
- scornful and contemptuous
- scornful and denigrating
- insolent and contemptuous
- insolent and denigrating
- deprecatory and contemptuous
- deprecatory and denigrating
Both words in one sentence
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JAG: In the season five episode "Contemptuous Words", Harm is suspected of having written an unsigned op-ed piece in newspaper denigrating the then-president Bill Clinton, and internal affairs are brought in.
Source: Internal Affairs
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