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One entry found for derogatory.
Entry Word: derogatory
Function: adjective
Text: intended to make a person or thing seem of little importance or value <fans made a steady stream of derogatory remarks about the players on the visiting team>
Synonyms belittling, contemptuous, decrying, degrading, demeaning, depreciative, depreciatory, disdainful, disparaging, scornful, slighting, uncomplimentary
Related Words aspersing, defamatory, detractive, insulting, libelous, maligning, slandering, slanderous, vilifying; abusive, opprobrious, scurrilous; despiteful, malevolent, malicious, spiteful
Near Antonyms admiring, adulatory, laudatory; appreciative, respectful
Antonyms commendatory, complimentary