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
Defamatory and decrying are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Defamatory" instead an adjective "Decrying".
Nearby Word: decried
Defamatory
Defamatory adjective - Causing or intended to cause unjust injury to a person's good name.
Decrying and defamatory are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Decrying" instead an adjective "Defamatory".
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- critical and decrying
- critical and defamatory
- offensive and decrying
- offensive and defamatory
- opprobrious and decrying
- opprobrious and defamatory
- insulting and decrying
- insulting and defamatory
- scornful and decrying
- scornful and defamatory
- deprecatory and decrying
- deprecatory and defamatory
- depreciative and decrying
- depreciative and defamatory
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