Denigrative
Denigrative adjective - Intended to make a person or thing seem of little importance or value.
Scandalous and denigrative are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Scandalous" instead an adjective "Denigrative".
Scandalous
Scandalous adjective - Causing or intended to cause unjust injury to a person's good name.
Usage example: spread a scandalous rumor about a coworker that almost cost him his job
Denigrative and scandalous are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Denigrative" instead an adjective "Scandalous".
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- mean and denigrative
- mean and scandalous
- hateful and denigrative
- hateful and scandalous
- opprobrious and denigrative
- opprobrious and scandalous
- insulting and denigrative
- insulting and scandalous
- scurrilous and denigrative
- scurrilous and scandalous
- abusive and denigrative
- abusive and scandalous
- nasty and denigrative
- nasty and scandalous
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