4
injurious(offensive, disparaging, uncomplimentary, contemptuous, unflattering)
4
misanthropic(adjective, person, attitude, negative)
4
patronizing(adjective, disrespect)
4
prideful(adjective, arrogant, proud)
4
ridiculing(adjective, contemptuous)
4
satiric(adjective, mean, sharp, sarcastic)
4
withering(adjective, contempt)
3
acid(adjective, mean, sharp, ironic, sarcastic)
3
bitter(adjective, mean, sharp, ironic, sarcastic)
3
calumnious(adjective, offensive, disparaging, uncomplimentary, unflattering)
3
defamatory(adjective, offensive, critical, unfavorable, disparaging)
3
depreciatory
3
disdain
3
dismissive
3
hifalutin
3
highfalutin
3
hoity-toity
3
indifferent(adjective, aloof, apathetic, unfeeling, unsympathetic)
3
irreverent(adjective, disrespect)
3
malevolent(adjective, mean, offensive, malicious, disparaging)
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