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
Denigrative and decrying are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Denigrative" instead an adjective "Decrying".
Nearby Word: decried
Denigrative
Denigrative adjective - Intended to make a person or thing seem of little importance or value.
Usage example: thanked her for the gift and then added the denigrative aside, “Not that it's anything special!”
Decrying and denigrative are semantically related. You can use "Decrying" instead an adjective "Denigrative".
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- critical and decrying
- critical and denigrative
- scornful and decrying
- scornful and denigrative
- deprecatory and decrying
- deprecatory and denigrative
- depreciative and decrying
- depreciative and denigrative
- disparaging and decrying
- disparaging and denigrative
- pejorative and decrying
- pejorative and denigrative
- degrading and decrying
- degrading and denigrative
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