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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | disparaging |
| Synonyms: | belittling, critical, deprecating, deprecative, deprecatory, depreciative, depreciatory, derogative, derogatory, disapproving, slighting, uncomplimentary |
| Main Entry: | invidious |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | hateful |
| Synonyms: | abominable, calumnious, defamatory, detestable, detracting, detractive, detractory, discriminatory, envious, envying, green-eyed, jealous, libelous, maligning, obnoxious, odious, offensive, repugnant, scandalous, slanderous, slighting, undesirable, vilifying |
| Notes: | insidious (Latin insidere 'to lie in wait for,' from sedere 'sit') describes stealthy, treacherous behavior; invidious behavior arouses ill will, animosity, or hostility |
| Antonyms: | delightful, likeable, lovable |
| Main Entry: | opprobrious |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | abusive, hateful |
| Synonyms: | abasing, calumniatory, contemptuous, contumelious, damaging, debasing, defamatory, defaming, denigrating, depreciative, derogative, despicable, despiteful, detractive, disgracing, dishonoring, disparaging, humiliating, hurting, injuring, injurious, insolent, insulting, invective, libeling, malevolent, malign, malignant, maligning, notorious, offending, offensive, pejorative, reproaching, reviling, scandalous, scurrilous, shaming, spiteful, truculent, vile, vitriolic, vituperative, vulgar |
| Antonyms: | complimentary, flattering, kind, nice, praising |
| Main Entry: | pejorative |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | negative, belittling |
| Synonyms: | debasing, deprecatory, depreciatory, derisive, derogatory, detracting, detractive, detractory, disadvantageous, disparaging, irreverent, rude, slighting, uncomplimentary, unpleasant |
| Antonyms: | complimentary, positive, praising |
| Main Entry: | scandalous |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | disreputable |
| Synonyms: | atrocious, backbiting, calumnious, crying, defamatory, desperate, detracting, detractive, disgraceful, gossiping, heinous, ignominious, infamous, libelous, maligning, monstrous, odious, opprobrious, outrageous, red hot, scurrilous, shameful, shocking, slanderous, traducing, unseemly, untrue, vilifying |
| Antonyms: | proper, reputable, respected |
| Main Entry: | deprecative |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | disparaging |
| Synonyms: | belittling, critical, deprecating, deprecatory, depreciative, depreciatory, derogative, derogatory, detractive, disapproving, slighting, uncomplimentary |
| Main Entry: | deprecatory |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | disparaging |
| Synonyms: | belittling, critical, deprecating, deprecative, depreciative, depreciatory, derogative, derogatory, detractive, disapproving, slighting, uncomplimentary |
| Main Entry: | depreciative |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | disparaging |
| Synonyms: | belittling, critical, deprecating, deprecative, deprecatory, depreciatory, derogative, derogatory, detractive, disapproving, slighting, uncomplimentary |
| Main Entry: | depreciatory |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | disparaging |
| Synonyms: | belittling, critical, deprecating, deprecative, deprecatory, depreciative, derogative, derogatory, detractive, disapproving, slighting, uncomplimentary |
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