depreciative

adjective

Definition of depreciativenext
as in slighting
intended to make a person or thing seem of little importance or value the usual depreciative comments by the troops about the food in the mess hall

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for depreciative
  1. insulting
  2. deprecatory
  3. malicious
  4. pejorative
  5. derogatory
  6. contemptuous
  7. uncomplimentary
  8. demeaning
Adjective
  • Joe Biden denounced offensive jokes that podcast host Tony Hinchcliffe made about Puerto Rico during Donald Trump’s Madison Square Garden rally over the weekend, but the president also made a comment some prominent Republicans quickly called insulting to the former president's supporters.
    Karissa Waddick, USA TODAY, 30 Oct. 2024
  • No matter, the response was swift and harsh from the often insulting and foul-mouthed Trump and other Republicans.
    Dominic Patten, Deadline, 30 Oct. 2024
Definition of insulting
Adjective
  • This subsided with unusual speed, however, as cricket fans took instead to sharing the self-deprecatory jokes coming over the border.
    The Economist, The Economist, 22 June 2019
  • Philipps has acquired her 1-million-and-growing Instagram followers through her self-deprecatory humor, raw honesty and vulnerability.
    Sonja Haller, USA TODAY, 11 July 2018
Definition of deprecatory
Adjective
  • The best way to safeguard yourself from malicious links is to have antivirus software installed on all your devices.
    Kurt Knutsson, CyberGuy Report, Fox News, 28 Nov. 2024
  • Security software can help detect malicious code on shopping sites.
    Chandra Steele, PCMAG, 27 Nov. 2024
Definition of malicious
Adjective
  • These asylum seekers came to be known as Vietnamese boat people, a name that has come to be regarded as pejorative — the sort of dehumanizing language often used in indexing immigrants.
    Brendan Quinn, The Athletic, 1 July 2024
  • The editors are panicking, using pejorative terms like dictator, wife-cheater, election-denier and cult leader in describing Donald Trump.
    Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 18 May 2024
Definition of pejorative
Adjective
  • Read Article > In this world, there are divorced men (fact) and men who are the most divorced (derogatory).
    Vox Staff, Vox, 5 Nov. 2024
  • The more routine intelligence sharing with immigration judges is aimed at allowing U.S. immigration courts to more regularly incorporate derogatory information into their decisions.
    Nicole Sganga, CBS News, 6 Oct. 2024
Definition of derogatory
Adjective
  • The curious tension between the president’s sympathetic rhetoric and his administration’s more hostile actions has increased the risk that a contemptuous and irritated Russia will poke back in eastern Europe.
    Eliot A. Cohen, Foreign Affairs, 20 Jan. 2018
  • Critics have affixed to his output any number of adjectives meant to communicate its basic darkness: acerbic, malicious, cruel, contemptuous.
    Brandon Sanchez, Vulture, 25 Oct. 2024
Definition of contemptuous
Adjective
  • Though the pollen gunk will pass, he's concerned by a contingent of Twitter trolls who've shared uncomplimentary reviews of his recent North American tour.
    Jordan Runtagh, PEOPLE.com, 21 Jan. 2022
  • Neither party admitted to liability and each agreed to refrain from making disparaging, negative or uncomplimentary statements about the other, the document said.
    Lorraine Mirabella, Baltimore Sun, 29 July 2022
Definition of uncomplimentary
Adjective
  • Even by his already demeaning standards, Trump's rallies and events have also taken a dark turn this fall.
    David Faris, Newsweek, 1 Nov. 2024
  • Oz winces when Al throws him a big old necklace from the family jewel case; the gesture is completely demeaning.
    Andy Andersen, Vulture, 19 Sep. 2024
Definition of demeaning
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Thesaurus Entries Near depreciative

depreciations

depreciative

depreciatory

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