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
Denigratory and decrying are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Denigratory" instead an adjective "Decrying".
Nearby Word: decried
Denigratory
Denigratory adjective - Intended to make a person or thing seem of little importance or value.
Usage example: a denigratory observation that the novel wasn't half bad—considering it was written by an actor
Decrying and denigratory are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Decrying" instead an adjective "Denigratory".
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- critical and decrying
- critical and denigratory
- opprobrious and decrying
- opprobrious and denigratory
- scornful and decrying
- scornful and denigratory
- contemptuous and decrying
- contemptuous and denigratory
- deprecatory and decrying
- deprecatory and denigratory
- depreciative and decrying
- depreciative and denigratory
- disparaging and decrying
- disparaging and denigratory
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