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belittling

n. the act of belittling

denigration

n. a belittling comment

depreciative, depreciatory, derogative, derogatory, detractive, disparaging, slighting

adj. expressive of low opinion; "derogatory comments"; "disparaging remarks about the new house"

libel

n. a false and malicious publication printed for the purpose of defaming a living person

critical

adj. marked by a tendency to find and call attention to errors and flaws; "a critical attitude"

meticulous, painstaking, finical, finicky, fussy, pernickety, persnickety, punctilious

adj. excessively concerned about niceties

insulting, scornful, disdainful, contemptuous

adj. expressing extreme contempt

negative

adj. expressing or consisting of a negation or refusal or denial

unflattering

adj. showing or representing unfavorably; "an unflattering portrait"; "an uncomplimentary dress"

irreverent

adj. showing lack of due respect or veneration; "irreverent scholars mocking sacred things"; "noisy irreverent tourists"

flip, insolent, impudent, snotty-nosed

adj. marked by casual disrespect; "a flip answer to serious question"; "the student was kept in for impudent behavior"

sarcastic

adj. expressing or expressive of ridicule that wounds

abusive, opprobrious, insulting, scornful, scurrilous

adj. expressing offensive reproach

foul, vile, noisome, nauseating, nauseous, sickening

adj. causing or able to cause nausea; "a nauseating smell"; "nauseous offal"; "a sickening stench"

jeering, derisive, derisory, mocking

adj. abusing vocally; expressing contempt or ridicule; "derisive laughter"; "a jeering crowd"; "her mocking smile"; "taunting shouts of `coward' and `sissy'"

calumniatory, calumnious, defamatory, denigrative, denigrating, denigratory, libellous, libelous, slanderous

adj. (used of statements) harmful and often untrue; tending to discredit or malign

repulsive, obscene, detestable, abhorrent, repugnant

adj. offensive to the mind; "an abhorrent deed"; "the obscene massacre at Wounded Knee"; "morally repugnant customs"; "repulsive behavior"; "the most repulsive character in recent novels"

discriminatory, invidious

adj. containing or implying a slight or showing prejudice; "discriminatory attitudes and practices"; "invidious comparisons"

malevolent, malicious

adj. having the nature of or resulting from malice; "malicious gossip"; "took malicious pleasure in...watching me wince"- Rudyard Kipling

objectionable, unpleasant, obnoxious

adj. causing disapproval or protest; "a vulgar and objectionable person"

deprecatory

adj. tending to diminish or disparage; "belittling comments"; "managed a deprecating smile at the compliment"; "deprecatory remarks about the book"; "a slighting remark"

dyslogistic, dislogistic, pejorative

adj. expressing disapproval; "dyslogistic terms like `nitwit' and `scalawag'"

sneering, supercilious, snide

adj. expressive of contempt; "curled his lip in a supercilious smile"; "spoke in a sneering jeering manner"; "makes many a sharp comparison but never a mean or snide one"

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