belittling

Synonyms

contemptuous, decrying, degrading, demeaning, denigrative, denigratory, deprecatory, depreciative, depreciatory, derisory, derogative, derogatory, detractive, disdainful, disparaging, pejorative, scornful, slighting, uncomplimentary;

Antonyms

commendatory, complimentary, laudative, laudatory;

Near Antonyms

admiring, adulatory, applauding, approving, friendly, positive;

appreciative, respectful;

kind, kindhearted, kindly, sympathetic, unmalicious, warm, warmhearted;

Related Words

aspersing, calumnious, defamatory, insulting, libelous (or libellous), maligning, slandering, slanderous, vilifying;

abusive, opprobrious, scurrilous;

catty, cruel, despiteful, hateful, malevolent, malicious, malign, malignant, mean, nasty, spiteful, unkind, virulent;

critical, denunciative, denunciatory;

acrimonious, bitter, envious, jaundiced, jealous, rancorous, resentful;

acrid, caustic, scathing, venomous;