Decrying and Pejorative

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

Pejorative and decrying are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Pejorative" instead an adjective "Decrying".

Nearby Word: decried

Pejorative

Pejorative adjective - Intended to make a person or thing seem of little importance or value.
Usage example: the reviewer used the pejorative word “versifier” to refer to the writer, whose poems had struck a responsive chord with the general public

Decrying and pejorative are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Decrying" instead an adjective "Pejorative".

Nearby Word: pejoratively
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