Depreciative
Depreciative adjective - Intended to make a person or thing seem of little importance or value.
Usage example: the usual depreciative comments by the troops about the food in the mess hall
Denigratory and depreciative are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Denigratory" instead an adjective "Depreciative".
Denigratory
Denigratory adjective - Intended to make a person or thing seem of little importance or value.
Usage example: a denigratory observation that the novel wasn't half bad—considering it was written by an actor
Depreciative and denigratory are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Depreciative" instead an adjective "Denigratory".
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- critical and depreciative
- critical and denigratory
- opprobrious and depreciative
- opprobrious and denigratory
- scornful and depreciative
- scornful and denigratory
- contemptuous and depreciative
- contemptuous and denigratory
- deprecatory and depreciative
- deprecatory and denigratory
- disparaging and depreciative
- disparaging and denigratory
- pejorative and depreciative
- pejorative and denigratory
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