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

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

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

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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