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disparaging(adjective, offensive, negative, demanding)
5
vilifying(offensive, unpleasant, immoral, shocking)
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decrying(offensive, disparaging, pejorative)
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defaming
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deprecating(adjective, offensive, disparaging, pejorative)
4
lessening
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maligning(offensive, unpleasant, immoral, shocking)
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calumniating
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denigrating(adjective, protesting, slandering)
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depreciating
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derogating
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diminishing
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reducing
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abating
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demeaning(adjective, sharp, offensive, demanding)
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discounting
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discrediting
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dishonoring(offensive, disparaging, pejorative, slandering)
2
minimizing(adjective, offensive, disparaging, pejorative)
2
ridiculing
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