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
Detractive and decrying are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Detractive" instead an adjective "Decrying".
Nearby Word: decried
Detractive
Detractive adjective - Intended to make a person or thing seem of little importance or value.
Usage example: used the detractive epithet “McJob” to describe what his feckless son-in-law did for work
Decrying and detractive are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Decrying" instead an adjective "Detractive".
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- critical and decrying
- critical and detractive
- opprobrious and decrying
- opprobrious and detractive
- scornful and decrying
- scornful and detractive
- deprecatory and decrying
- deprecatory and detractive
- depreciative and decrying
- depreciative and detractive
- disparaging and decrying
- disparaging and detractive
- pejorative and decrying
- pejorative and detractive
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