All praising antonyms
praise
P p adj praising
- critical β If a person is critical or in a critical condition in hospital, they are seriously ill.
- derisive β A derisive noise, expression, or remark expresses contempt.
- derisory β If you describe something such as an amount of money as derisory, you are emphasizing that it is so small or inadequate that it seems silly or not worth considering.
- calumniatory β of, involving, or using calumny; slanderous; defamatory.
- faultfinding β the act of pointing out faults, especially faults of a petty nature; carping.
- accidentally on purpose β Deliberately, though apparently accidentally.
- derogatory β If you make a derogatory remark or comment about someone or something, you express your low opinion of them.
- condemnatory β Condemnatory means expressing strong disapproval.
- gally β to frighten or scare.
- dog it β a domesticated canid, Canis familiaris, bred in many varieties.
- malefic β productive of evil; malign; doing harm; baneful: a malefic spell.
- aspersive β to attack with false, malicious, and damaging charges or insinuations; slander.
- disparaging β that disparages; tending to belittle or bring reproach upon: a disparaging remark.
- contemptuous β If you are contemptuous of someone or something, you do not like or respect them at all.
- flipper β a broad, flat limb, as of a seal or whale, especially adapted for swimming.
- captious β apt to make trivial criticisms; fault-finding; carping
- censorious β If you describe someone as censorious, you do not like the way they strongly disapprove of and criticize someone else's behaviour.
- all-important β crucial; vital
- high-and-mighty β haughty; arrogant.
- complaining β to express dissatisfaction, pain, uneasiness, censure, resentment, or grief; find fault: He complained constantly about the noise in the corridor.
- libelous β containing, constituting, or involving a libel; maliciously defamatory.
- defamatory β Speech or writing that is defamatory is likely to damage someone's good reputation by saying something bad and untrue about them.
- disdainful β full of or showing disdain; scornful.
- cold-shoulder β to snub; show indifference to.
- grouchy β sullenly discontented; sulky; morose; ill-tempered.
adjective praising
- cavillous β Characterized by caviling, or disposed to cavil; quibbling.
- exceptive β Exceptional, having an exception.
- libellous β containing, constituting, or involving a libel; maliciously defamatory.
- detractory β (now rare) That detracts from something; disparaging, depreciatory.
- epithetical β Alternative form of epithetic.
- opprobrious β conveying or expressing opprobrium, as language or a speaker: opprobrious invectives.
- culpatory β expressing blame