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
Slanderous and decrying are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Slanderous" instead an adjective "Decrying".
Nearby Word: decried
Slanderous
Slanderous adjective - Causing or intended to cause unjust injury to a person's good name.
Decrying and slanderous are semantically related. You can use "Decrying" instead an adjective "Slanderous".
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- opprobrious and decrying
- opprobrious and slanderous
- insulting and decrying
- insulting and slanderous
- scornful and decrying
- scornful and slanderous
- deprecatory and decrying
- deprecatory and slanderous
- depreciative and decrying
- depreciative and slanderous
- disparaging and decrying
- disparaging and slanderous
- pejorative and decrying
- pejorative and slanderous
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