All calumniatory synonyms
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C c adj calumniatory
- derogatory β If you make a derogatory remark or comment about someone or something, you express your low opinion of them.
- demanding β A demanding job or task requires a lot of your time, energy, or attention.
- truculent β fierce; cruel; savagely brutal.
- vile β wretchedly bad: a vile humor.
- vitriolic β of, relating to, or resembling vitriol.
- vulgar β characterized by ignorance of or lack of good breeding or taste: vulgar ostentation.
- derogative β lessening; belittling; derogatory.
- despiteful β spiteful; malicious
- detractive β tending or seeking to detract.
- reviling β to assail with contemptuous or opprobrious language; address or speak of abusively.
- defaming β to attack the good name or reputation of, as by uttering or publishing maliciously or falsely anything injurious; slander or libel; calumniate: The newspaper editorial defamed the politician.
- denigrating β to speak damagingly of; criticize in a derogatory manner; sully; defame: to denigrate someone's character.
- disgracing β the loss of respect, honor, or esteem; ignominy; shame: the disgrace of criminals.
- hurting β to cause bodily injury to; injure: He was badly hurt in the accident.
- injuring β to do or cause harm of any kind to; damage; hurt; impair: to injure one's hand.
- libeling β Law. defamation by written or printed words, pictures, or in any form other than by spoken words or gestures. the act or crime of publishing it. a formal written declaration or statement, as one containing the allegations of a plaintiff or the grounds of a charge.
- shaming β the painful feeling arising from the consciousness of something dishonorable, improper, ridiculous, etc., done by oneself or another: She was overcome with shame.
- libelous β containing, constituting, or involving a libel; maliciously defamatory.
- faultfinding β the act of pointing out faults, especially faults of a petty nature; carping.
- analytical β An analytical way of doing something involves the use of logical reasoning.
- biting β Biting wind or cold is extremely cold.
- captious β apt to make trivial criticisms; fault-finding; carping
- carping β tending to make petty complaints; fault-finding
- censorious β If you describe someone as censorious, you do not like the way they strongly disapprove of and criticize someone else's behaviour.
- choleric β A choleric person gets angry very easily. You can also use choleric to describe a person who is very angry.
- critic β A critic is a person who writes about and expresses opinions about things such as books, films, music, or art.
- cutting β A cutting is a piece of writing which has been cut from a newspaper or magazine.
- cynical β If you describe someone as cynical, you mean they believe that people always act selfishly.
- derogatory β If you make a derogatory remark or comment about someone or something, you express your low opinion of them.
- diagnostic β Diagnostic equipment, methods, or systems are used for discovering what is wrong with people who are ill or with things that do not work properly.
- discerning β showing good or outstanding judgment and understanding: a discerning critic of French poetry.
- discriminating β to make or constitute a distinction in or between; differentiate: a mark that discriminates the original from the copy.
- disparaging β that disparages; tending to belittle or bring reproach upon: a disparaging remark.
- finicky β excessively particular or fastidious; difficult to please; fussy.
- fussy β excessively busy with trifles; anxious or particular about petty details.
- hairsplitting β the making of unnecessarily fine distinctions.
- hypercritical β excessively or meticulously critical; overcritical.
- lowering β comparative of low1 .
- niggling β petty; trivial; inconsequential: to quibble about a niggling difference in terminology.
- particular β of or relating to a single or specific person, thing, group, class, occasion, etc., rather than to others or all; special rather than general: one's particular interests in books.
- penetrating β able or tending to penetrate; piercing; sharp: a penetrating shriek; a penetrating glance.
- sarcastic β of, relating to, or characterized by sarcasm: a sarcastic reply.
- satirical β of, pertaining to, containing, or characterized by satire: satirical novels.
- scolding β a person who is constantly scolding, often with loud and abusive speech.
- severe β harsh; unnecessarily extreme: severe criticism; severe laws.
adjective calumniatory
- hateful β arousing hate or deserving to be hated: the hateful oppression of dictators.
- abasing β Present participle of abase.
- libellous β containing, constituting, or involving a libel; maliciously defamatory.
- slanderous β defamation; calumny: rumors full of slander.
- critical β If a person is critical or in a critical condition in hospital, they are seriously ill.