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uncomplimentary

adjective

Synonyms and Antonyms of uncomplimentary

intended to make a person or thing seem of little importance or value

an uncomplimentary description of the town in which the writer grew up

Synonyms of uncomplimentary

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

Words Related to uncomplimentary

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

Near Antonyms of uncomplimentary

admiring, adulatory, applauding, approving, friendly, positive

appreciative, respectful

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

Antonyms of uncomplimentary

commendatory, complimentary, laudative, laudatory

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