Synonyms and Antonyms of belittling
intended to make a person or thing seem of little importance or value
- there's no need for belittling comments about your brother's trumpet playing
contemptuous, decrying, degrading, demeaning, denigrative, denigratory, deprecatory, depreciative, depreciatory, derisory, derogative, derogatory, detractive, disdainful, disparaging, pejorative, scornful, slighting, 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
admiring, adulatory, applauding, approving, friendly, positive
appreciative, respectful
kind, kindhearted, kindly, sympathetic, unmalicious, warm, warmhearted
