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
Despiteful and decrying are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Despiteful" instead an adjective "Decrying".
Nearby Word: decried
Despiteful
Despiteful adjective - Having or showing a desire to cause someone pain or suffering for the sheer enjoyment of it.
Decrying and despiteful are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Decrying" instead an adjective "Despiteful".
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- mean and decrying
- mean and despiteful
- hateful and decrying
- hateful and despiteful
- opprobrious and decrying
- opprobrious and despiteful
- scornful and decrying
- scornful and despiteful
- contemptuous and decrying
- contemptuous and despiteful
- deprecatory and decrying
- deprecatory and despiteful
- depreciative and decrying
- depreciative and despiteful
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