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
Opprobrious and decrying are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Opprobrious" instead an adjective "Decrying".
Nearby Word: decried
Opprobrious
Opprobrious adjective - Marked by harsh insulting language.
Decrying and opprobrious are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Decrying" instead an adjective "Opprobrious".
Nearby Word: opprobrium
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- offensive and decrying
- offensive and opprobrious
- insulting and decrying
- insulting and opprobrious
- scornful and decrying
- scornful and opprobrious
- contemptuous and decrying
- contemptuous and opprobrious
- deprecatory and decrying
- deprecatory and opprobrious
- depreciative and decrying
- depreciative and opprobrious
- disparaging and decrying
- disparaging and opprobrious
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