Defamatory
Defamatory adjective - Causing or intended to cause unjust injury to a person's good name.
Decrying and defamatory are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Decrying" instead an adjective "Defamatory".
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
Defamatory and decrying are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Defamatory" instead an adjective "Decrying".
Nearby Word: decried
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- critical and defamatory
- critical and decrying
- offensive and defamatory
- offensive and decrying
- opprobrious and defamatory
- opprobrious and decrying
- insulting and defamatory
- insulting and decrying
- scornful and defamatory
- scornful and decrying
- deprecatory and defamatory
- deprecatory and decrying
- depreciative and defamatory
- depreciative and decrying
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Decrying and Defamatory. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 14, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/defamatory/decrying
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