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decryingadjective intended to make a person or thing seem of little importance or valuethe usual decrying remarks about the clothes that the stars wore to the awards ceremony belittling, contemptuous, degrading, demeaning, denigrative, denigratory, deprecatory, depreciative, depreciatory, derisory, derogative, derogatory, detractive, disdainful, disparaging, pejorative, scornful, slighting, uncomplimentary aspersing, calumnious, defamatory, insulting, libelous(or libellous), maligning, slandering, slanderous, vilifyingabusive, opprobrious, scurrilouscatty, cruel, despiteful, hateful, malevolent, malicious, malign, malignant, mean, nasty, spiteful, unkind, virulentcritical, denunciative, denunciatoryacrimonious, bitter, envious, jaundiced, jealous, rancorous, resentfulacrid, caustic, scathing, venomous commendatory, complimentary, laudative, laudatory admiring, adulatory, applauding, approving, friendly, positiveappreciative, respectfulkind, kindhearted, kindly, sympathetic, unmalicious, warm, warmhearted decryingverbpresent participle of decryto express scornfully one's low opinion ofscientists were quick to decry the claims of the psychic bad-mouthing, belittling, crying down, denigrating, deprecating, depreciating, derogating, diminishing, discounting, dismissing, disparaging, dissing(slang), kissing off, minimizing, playing down, poor-mouthing, putting down, running down, talking down, trashing, trash-talking, vilipending, writing off discommendingabusing, scoldingdisapproving (of), dislikingcensuring, condemning, criticizing, denouncing, reprehending, reprobatingaspersing, defaming, maligning, ripping, slandering, slurring, traducing, vilifyingdiscrediting, disgracing dumping on acclaiming, applauding, exalting, extolling, glorifying, lauding, magnifying, praising approving, countenancing, endorsing(also indorsing), favoring, recommending, sanctioningcommending, complimenting, eulogizing to declare to be morally wrong or evila statement by the church decrying modern society's liberal attitude regarding marriage and divorce anathematizing, censuring, condemning, damning, denouncing, execrating, reprehending, reprobating attacking, blaming, blasting, criticizing, dispraising, dissing(slang), faulting, knocking, panning, slammingbelittling, deprecating, disparagingdooming, sentencingconvictingblacklisting, excommunicating, ostracizingcastigating, chastising, rebuking, reprimanding, reproachingadmonishing, chiding, reprovingberating, lambasting, raking, scolding, upbraiding, vituperatingcursing, imprecatingabhorring, abominating, detesting, hating, loathing, reviling blessing approving, endorsing(also indorsing), sanctioningeulogizing, exalting, extolling, glorifying, lauding, praisingacclaiming, applauding, commending, hailing, saluting, toutingconsecrating, hallowing, sanctifyinghonoring, revering, venerating |