Words and phrases that have a meaning related to disparagement: (136 results)
Often used in the same context:
denigration, ridicule, slander, belittlement, derision, disapprobation, prejudice, vilification, invective, demonization, condescension, vituperation, obloquy, misrepresentation, insults, jibes, scorn, calumny, hostility, discourtesy, offensiveness, litigiousness, misquotation, puffery, exculpation, churlishness, affronts, stereotyping, distain, snottiness, vapidity, disingenuousness, animus, ad hominem, pompousness, disrespect, slurs, disdain, castigation, opprobrium, gibes, contrariness, vitriolic, placation, jackassery, negativism, virtuousness, partiality, sexism, unpleasantness, hatefulness, deceptiveness, crudity, innuendos, presumptuousness, sanctimoniousness, deprecating, negativity, hyperbole, bigotry, criticisms, misandry, stodginess, tactlessness, polemics, spitefulness, putdown, anthropocentrism, contumely, disavowal, protestation, ungratefulness, revisionism, denouncement, rudeness, pushiness, tendentiousness, ascription, excoriation, nastiness, superciliousness, insinuation, gutlessness, fulminations, antisemite, smear, facetiousness, smugness, chumminess, snobbery, peevishness, snobbism, misnaming, chauvinism, espousal, cynicism, loathing, besmirching, mischaracterization, abasement, sneers, eschewal, discouragement, dissatisfaction, censure, derogation, distrust, disagreement, discredit, neglect, reproach, unwillingness, debasement, disrepute, mistrust, privation, annoyance, contempt, dishonesty
More specific:
aspersion, belittling, defamation, deprecation, detraction, hatchet job, patronage, petty criticism, slur, sour grapes, traducement
Appears in the definition of:
detraction, petty criticism, sour grapes
More general:
disapproval
Synonyms:
Also try:depreciation, dispraise
— Adjectives for disparagement: such, great, general, self, social, much, personal, undue, implied, systematic, least, more...
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