abusive back-biting belittlement bitchy calumniatory calumnious catty censorious comedown contempt contemptuous contumelious decrial defamatory deprecatory depreciation depreciative depreciatory derisive derisory derogation derogative derogatory detraction detractory disapproval discrediting disgrace disparagement disparaging faint praise indignity knocking libelous lukewarm support minification minimization minimizing pejorative putting down qualification ridiculing scandalous scurrile scurrilous slanderous slighting sour grapes vilifying