ADJECTIVE | all | slighting, belittling, deprecating, deprecative, deprecatory, depreciative, depreciatory | tending to diminish or disparage |
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Sounds | slay'tihng | |
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Rhymes | abducting ... zoning: 2044 rhymes with ihng... |
Meaning | tending to diminish or disparage. | |
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Example | "a slighting remark" | |
Synonyms | belittling, deprecating, deprecative, deprecatory, depreciative, depreciatory | |
Broader | uncomplimentary | tending to (or intended to) detract or disparage |
Spanish | desaprobatorio, reprobatorio | |
Catalan | desaprobatori, reprobatori | |
Adverbs | slightingly | in a disparaging manner |
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