Synonyms and Antonyms of slighting
intended to make a person or thing seem of little importance or value
- slighting remarks about the general lack of musical talent among the contestants
belittling, contemptuous, decrying, degrading, demeaning, denigrative, denigratory, deprecatory, depreciative, depreciatory, derisory, derogative, derogatory, detractive, disdainful, disparaging, pejorative, scornful, 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
