denigrative

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for denigrative
Adjective
  • The result was viciously insulting, not the sort of thing anyone would want to read about themselves.
    Miles Klee, Rolling Stone, 18 July 2025
  • To not even reach 10 percent is insulting to all involved and indicates how much needs to change, which is exactly what a group of industry power players are attempting to do in Nashville.
    Steve Baltin, Forbes.com, 23 July 2025
Adjective
  • Accessing the code prompts recipients to provide personal and financial information, or can lead to downloading malicious software.
    Laura Daniella Sepulveda, AZCentral.com, 15 Aug. 2025
  • The best way to safeguard yourself from malicious links that install malware, potentially accessing your private information, is to have antivirus software installed on all your devices.
    Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 14 Aug. 2025
Adjective
  • In addition to garnering widespread critical acclaim, the performance immediately soared across social media, generating tens of millions of views overnight.
    Ed Masley, AZCentral.com, 23 Aug. 2025
  • These countries act as more than just mere final destinations for shark meat consumption, operating as critical hubs that receive products from around the world, process them, and send them onward to other markets.
    Melissa Cristina Márquez, Forbes.com, 23 Aug. 2025
Adjective
  • The result is an altering of the model weight by a whopping 216, degrading model accuracy from 80 percent to 0.1 percent, said Gururaj Saileshwar, an assistant professor at the University of Toronto and co-author of an academic paper demonstrating the attack.
    ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 14 July 2025
  • Another study in Frontiers in Neuroscience found that even moderate, chronic sleep restriction produces cumulative effects, subtly degrading decision quality and emotional regulation over time.
    Julian Hayes II, Forbes.com, 10 July 2025
Adjective
  • In fact, virtually every female character is colored by the legacy of toxic males: pervy pastors, deadbeat dads, abusive boyfriends, murderous cretins.
    David Fear, Rolling Stone, 20 Aug. 2025
  • In the book, Rudy is driven to become a lawyer because his abusive father hated lawyers.
    Ben Travers, IndieWire, 15 Aug. 2025
Adjective
  • No racist stereotypes, no demeaning facial expressions, no bowed heads, and no broken bodies from the old Hollywood.
    David Faris, MSNBC Newsweek, 23 July 2025
  • Or the controversy over the stereotypically demeaning roles Black actors depicted.
    Paula L. Woods, Los Angeles Times, 6 June 2025
Adjective
  • The lawsuit plaintiffs certainly don’t see any benefit to being represented in any capacity by an organization whose leaders are openly contemptuous of their faith, their values and their culture.
    Jeff Rhodes, Oc Register, 30 July 2025
  • In dealing with this Administration, with its maximalist conception of executive authority and its contemptuous attitude toward the judiciary, the Justices are being played for fools.
    Ruth Marcus, New Yorker, 14 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • McLaughlin said about 150 protesters gathered nearby and directed derogatory comments at ICE and partner personnel.
    Kaelan Deese, The Washington Examiner, 15 Aug. 2025
  • The question surprised the three of us because no one was saying anything personal or derogatory about Smith.
    Christine Brennan, CNN Money, 6 July 2025
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“Denigrative.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/denigrative. Accessed 27 Aug. 2025.

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