5
minimizing(verb, adjective, offensive, disparaging, pejorative)
4
belittlement(noun, scorn, ridicule, disdain, disparagement)
4
calumniatory
4
calumnious(adjective, offensive, disparaging, pejorative)
4
contumelious(adjective, offensive, disdainful, disparaging, disrespectful)
4
defamatory(adjective, offensive, disparaging, pejorative)
4
derogative(adjective, disparaging)
4
diminishing(verb, adjective, cheapening)
4
disdainful(adjective, offensive, disparaging, disrespectful, contemptuous)
4
foul
4
offensive(adjective, disdainful, disparaging, disrespectful, contemptuous)
4
pejorative(offensive, disparaging, derogatory, unflattering)
4
slanderous(adjective, offensive, disparaging, pejorative)
3
censorious(adjective, severe, harsh, offensive, critical)
3
cheapening(verb, cheapening)
3
decrying(verb, offensive, disparaging, pejorative)
3
degrading(noun, verb, adjective, offensive, critical)
3
denigrating(verb, adjective)
3
depreciation(noun, scorn, ridicule, disdain, disparagement)
3
derisory
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