Exact Match:
- deprecation
- the act of expressing disapproval (especially of yourself)
- a prayer to avert or remove some evil or disaster
Synonyms:
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Related Words:
- libel
collapse - the written statement of a plaintiff explaining the cause of action (the defamation) and any relief he seeks
- a false and malicious publication printed for the purpose of defaming a living person
- print slanderous statements against; "The newspaper was accused of libeling him" related words >
- affidavit,
- allegation,
- asperse,
- aspersion,
- backbite,
- backbiting,
- bad-mouth,
- barefaced lie,
- belittle,
- belittlement,
- besmirch,
- bill,
- bill of complaint,
- bitchiness,
- blacken,
- blot,
- burlesque,
- calumniate,
- calumniation,
- calumny,
- caricature,
- cattiness,
- claim,
- complaint,
- consummate lie,
- declaration,
- defamation,
- defame,
- denigrate,
- denigration,
- denounce,
- denunciation,
- deposition,
- deprecate,
- deprecation,
- depreciate,
- depreciation,
- derogate,
- derogation,
- discredit,
- disgrace,
- dishonor,
- disparage,
- disparagement,
- falsehood,
- humiliate,
- humiliation,
- ill repute,
- innuendo,
- insinuate,
- insinuation,
- lie,
- malign,
- misrepresent,
- misrepresentation,
- monstrous lie,
- mortification,
- mortify,
- narratio,
- nolle prosequi,
- nonsuit,
- obloquy,
- out-and-out lie,
- prevarication,
- scandal,
- scandalize,
- shame,
- slander,
- slur,
- smear,
- smirch,
- stain,
- statement,
- statement of facts,
- stigma,
- stigmatize,
- tear down,
- the big lie,
- traduce,
- traducement,
- travesty,
- untruth,
- vilification,
- vilify,
- whopper
- abhor,
- airs,
- arrogance,
- be above,
- be contemptuous of,
- care nothing for,
- clannishness,
- cliquishness,
- contemn,
- contempt,
- contemptuousness,
- contumely,
- deprecation,
- deride,
- derision,
- despisal,
- despise,
- despite,
- disavow,
- disdain,
- disdainfulness,
- dismissal,
- disown,
- disparage,
- disparagement,
- disprize,
- disregard,
- dump on,
- exclusiveness,
- feel contempt for,
- feel superior to,
- flout,
- flouting,
- fuss,
- gibing,
- hauteur,
- hold beneath one,
- hold cheap,
- hold in contempt,
- hold in derision,
- ignore,
- insult,
- jeer at,
- jeering,
- laugh at,
- laugh to scorn,
- look,
- look down upon,
- make fun of,
- misprize,
- mockery,
- pick and choose,
- poke fun at,
- pooh-pooh,
- put down,
- rank low,
- rebuff,
- reject,
- rejection,
- ridicule,
- scoff at,
- scoffing,
- scornfulness,
- scout,
- set at defiance,
- set at naught,
- shun,
- slight,
- slight over,
- sneer at,
- sneering,
- sneeze at,
- sniff at,
- sniffiness,
- snobbishness,
- snootiness,
- snort at,
- snottiness,
- snub,
- sovereign contempt,
- spurn,
- superciliousness,
- taunt,
- taunting,
- think nothing of,
- toploftiness,
- treat with contempt
- dislike
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- a feeling of aversion or antipathy; "my dislike of him was instinctive"
- have or feel a dislike or distaste for; "I really dislike this salesman" related words >
- Anglophobia,
- Russophobia,
- abhor,
- abhorrence,
- abominate,
- abomination,
- angst,
- anguish,
- animosity,
- animus,
- antagonism,
- anti-Semitism,
- antipathy,
- anxiety,
- aversion,
- bad books,
- be hostile to,
- bigotry,
- boredom,
- cheerlessness,
- contemn,
- contempt,
- deprecation,
- despise,
- despitefulness,
- detest,
- detestation,
- disaffection,
- disapproval,
- disapprove of,
- discomfort,
- discomposure,
- discontent,
- disesteem,
- disfavor,
- disgust,
- disinclination,
- disliking,
- displeasure,
- disquiet,
- disrelish,
- dissatisfaction,
- distaste,
- dread,
- dullness,
- emptiness,
- ennui,
- execrate,
- execration,
- existential woe,
- flatness,
- grimness,
- hate,
- hatred,
- hostility,
- ill will,
- indisposition,
- inquietude,
- joylessness,
- lack of pleasure,
- loathe,
- loathing,
- malaise,
- malevolence,
- malice,
- malignity,
- mind,
- misandry,
- misanthropy,
- mislike,
- misogyny,
- nausea,
- nongratification,
- nonsatisfaction,
- not care for,
- odium,
- painfulness,
- prejudice,
- race hatred,
- racism,
- repugnance,
- savorlessness,
- scanner,
- scorn,
- spite,
- spitefulness,
- spleen,
- staleness,
- tastelessness,
- tediousness,
- tedium,
- turn from,
- uncomfortableness,
- unease,
- uneasiness,
- unhappiness,
- unpleasure,
- unsatisfaction,
- vexation of spirit,
- vials of hate,
- vials of wrath,
- xenophobia
- disparagement
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- the act of speaking contemptuously of
- a communication that belittles somebody or something related words >
- airs,
- animadversion,
- arrogance,
- aspersion,
- attaint,
- attrition,
- backbiting,
- backstabbing,
- badge of infamy,
- bar sinister,
- baton,
- belittlement,
- bend sinister,
- black eye,
- black mark,
- blot,
- blur,
- brand,
- broad arrow,
- calumny,
- censure,
- champain,
- clannishness,
- cliquishness,
- contempt,
- contemptuousness,
- contumely,
- curtailment,
- cut,
- cutting,
- decrease,
- decrement,
- defamation,
- denigration,
- depletion,
- deprecation,
- depreciation,
- derogation,
- despisal,
- despite,
- detraction,
- diminution,
- dip,
- discommendation,
- discourtesy,
- disdain,
- disdainfulness,
- disesteem,
- dishonor,
- dispraise,
- disrespect,
- disrespectfulness,
- disvaluation,
- exclusiveness,
- extraction,
- hauteur,
- impairment,
- impudence,
- imputation,
- insolence,
- insult,
- irreverence,
- lack of respect,
- lessening,
- mark of Cain,
- minimization,
- misestimation,
- misprision,
- misprizal,
- misprizing,
- onus,
- pillorying,
- point champain,
- reduction,
- reflection,
- remission,
- reprimand,
- reproach,
- retraction,
- retrenchment,
- ridicule,
- scandal,
- scorn,
- scornfulness,
- shortening,
- shrinkage,
- slander,
- slur,
- smear,
- smirch,
- smudge,
- smutch,
- sniffiness,
- snobbishness,
- snootiness,
- snottiness,
- sovereign contempt,
- spot,
- stain,
- stigma,
- stigmatism,
- stigmatization,
- stricture,
- superciliousness,
- taint,
- tale,
- tarnish,
- toploftiness,
- truncation,
- underestimate,
- underestimation,
- underrating,
- underreckoning,
- undervaluation
- contempt
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- a willful disobedience to or disrespect for the authority of a court or legislative body
- a manner that is generally disrespectful and contemptuous
- open disrespect for a person or thing
- lack of respect accompanied by a feeling of intense dislike; "he was held in contempt"; "the despite in which outsiders were held is legendary" related words >
- abhorrence,
- abjuration,
- abjurement,
- affront,
- antipathy,
- arrogance,
- aspersion,
- atrocity,
- audacity,
- aversion,
- bold front,
- boldness,
- brash bearing,
- brashness,
- brassiness,
- bravado,
- brazenfacedness,
- brazenness,
- brickbat,
- bumptiousness,
- cheekiness,
- chucking,
- chucking out,
- cockiness,
- contemptuousness,
- contradiction,
- contumacy,
- contumely,
- cut,
- daring,
- daringness,
- declination,
- declining,
- defial,
- defiance,
- defying,
- denial,
- denigration,
- deprecation,
- depreciation,
- derision,
- despisal,
- despising,
- despite,
- disapproval,
- discard,
- disclamation,
- discommendation,
- discounting,
- discredit,
- disdain,
- disesteem,
- disfavor,
- disgust,
- dishonor,
- dismissal,
- disownment,
- disparagement,
- dispraise,
- disregard,
- disrepute,
- disrespectfulness,
- distaste,
- disvaluation,
- dump,
- enormity,
- exception,
- exclusion,
- face of brass,
- flippancy,
- flout,
- flouting,
- freshness,
- gibe,
- hate,
- hatred,
- humiliation,
- ignominy,
- ignoring,
- impertinence,
- impudence,
- indignity,
- infamy,
- injury,
- insolence,
- insult,
- jeer,
- jeering,
- loathing,
- mock,
- mockery,
- nonacceptance,
- nonapproval,
- nonconsideration,
- odium,
- offense,
- opprobrium,
- outrage,
- passing by,
- pertness,
- put-down,
- putting away,
- putting out,
- rebuff,
- recalcitrance,
- recantation,
- refusal,
- rejection,
- renouncement,
- repudiation,
- repugnance,
- repulse,
- ridicule,
- rudeness,
- sauciness,
- scoff,
- scorn,
- scouting,
- scurrility,
- shame,
- spurning,
- stubbornness,
- taunt,
- throwing out,
- turning out,
- uncomplimentary remark
- demur
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- (law) a formal objection to an opponent's pleadings
- take exception to; "he demurred at my suggestion to work on Saturday"
- enter a demurrer related words >
- aversion,
- back down,
- balance,
- balk,
- bashfulness,
- beef,
- bitch,
- blench,
- boggle,
- boggling,
- boycott,
- call in question,
- challenge,
- combat,
- combative reaction,
- complain,
- complaint,
- compunction,
- conscience,
- counteraction,
- cry out against,
- debate,
- defiance,
- deliberate,
- demonstrate,
- demonstrate against,
- demonstration,
- demurral,
- demurrer,
- deprecate,
- deprecation,
- difference,
- difficulty,
- diffidence,
- disagreement,
- disapproval,
- disapprove,
- disinclination,
- dispute,
- dissent,
- dissentience,
- enter a protest,
- exception,
- expostulate,
- expostulation,
- falter,
- faltering,
- fear,
- fight,
- fight shy of,
- flinch,
- fractiousness,
- gag,
- grievance,
- grievance committee,
- hang back,
- hang off,
- have qualms,
- hem and haw,
- hesitance,
- hesitancy,
- hesitate,
- hesitation,
- hold off,
- holler,
- hover,
- howl,
- hum and haw,
- indignation meeting,
- jib,
- kick,
- make bones about,
- march,
- modesty,
- negativism,
- noncooperation,
- nonviolent protest,
- object,
- objection,
- obstinacy,
- oppose,
- opposition,
- passive resistance,
- pause,
- picket,
- picketing,
- ponder,
- press objections,
- protest,
- protest demonstration,
- protestation,
- pull back,
- quail,
- qualm,
- qualm of conscience,
- qualmishness,
- question,
- raise a howl,
- rally,
- reaction,
- rebuff,
- recalcitrance,
- recalcitrancy,
- recalcitration,
- recoil,
- refractoriness,
- reluctance,
- remonstrance,
- remonstrate,
- remonstration,
- renitence,
- renitency,
- repellence,
- repellency,
- repulse,
- repulsion,
- resist,
- resistance,
- retreat,
- revolt,
- scruple,
- scrupulosity,
- scrupulousness,
- shilly-shally,
- shrink,
- shrinking,
- shy,
- shy at,
- shyness,
- sit in,
- sit-in,
- squawk,
- stand,
- state a grievance,
- stick,
- stick at,
- stickle,
- stickling,
- stop to consider,
- straddle the fence,
- strain,
- strain at,
- strike,
- stumble,
- teach in,
- teach-in,
- think twice about,
- uncooperativeness,
- unwillingness,
- vacillate,
- variance,
- waver,
- wince,
- withdraw,
- withstanding,
- yell bloody murder,
- yield
- depreciation
collapse
- a decrease in price or value; "depreciation of the dollar against the yen"
- decrease in value of an asset due to obsolescence or use related words >
- abatement,
- ablation,
- abridgment,
- agio,
- alleviation,
- allowance,
- attenuation,
- attrition,
- backbiting,
- backstabbing,
- bank discount,
- belittlement,
- belittling,
- break,
- breakage,
- calumny,
- cash discount,
- chain discount,
- charge-off,
- cheapening,
- comedown,
- concession,
- consumption,
- contempt,
- contraction,
- curtailment,
- cut,
- cutting,
- dampening,
- damping,
- debasement,
- decadence,
- decadency,
- declension,
- declination,
- decline,
- decrease,
- decrement,
- decrescence,
- decrial,
- deduction,
- defamation,
- deflation,
- deformation,
- degeneracy,
- degenerateness,
- degeneration,
- degradation,
- demotion,
- denigration,
- depletion,
- depravation,
- depravedness,
- deprecation,
- depression,
- derogation,
- descent,
- deterioration,
- detraction,
- devaluation,
- devolution,
- diminishment,
- diminution,
- dip,
- disapproval,
- discommendation,
- discount,
- discrediting,
- disgrace,
- disparagement,
- dispraise,
- dissipation,
- disvaluation,
- dive,
- downtrend,
- downturn,
- downward mobility,
- downward trend,
- drain,
- drawback,
- drop,
- dying,
- dying off,
- ebb,
- effeteness,
- erosion,
- evaporation,
- exhaustion,
- expenditure,
- extenuation,
- extraction,
- fade-out,
- fading,
- failing,
- failure,
- failure of nerve,
- faint praise,
- fall,
- falling-off,
- impairment,
- impoverishment,
- indignity,
- involution,
- kickback,
- knocking,
- languishment,
- lapse,
- leakage,
- lessening,
- letup,
- loss of tone,
- lowering,
- lukewarm support,
- markdown,
- miniaturization,
- minimization,
- minimizing,
- misestimation,
- misprision,
- misprizal,
- misprizing,
- mitigation,
- nose dive,
- penalty,
- penalty clause,
- percentage,
- plummet,
- plummeting,
- plunge,
- premium,
- price cut,
- price fall,
- price reduction,
- price-cut,
- putting down,
- rebate,
- rebatement,
- reduction,
- refund,
- regression,
- relaxation,
- remission,
- retraction,
- retrenchment,
- retrocession,
- retrogradation,
- retrogression,
- ridicule,
- rollback,
- sag,
- sagging,
- salvage,
- scaling down,
- scandal,
- setoff,
- shortening,
- shrinkage,
- simplicity,
- slander,
- slash,
- slighting,
- slippage,
- slump,
- sour grapes,
- subtraction,
- tale,
- tare,
- time discount,
- trade discount,
- tret,
- truncation,
- underestimate,
- underestimation,
- underrating,
- underreckoning,
- underselling,
- undervaluation,
- using,
- using up,
- wane,
- wastage,
- waste,
- weakening,
- wearing,
- wearing away,
- write-off
- ridicule
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- language or behavior intended to mock or humiliate
- subject to laughter or ridicule; "The satirists ridiculed the plans for a new opera house"; "The students poked fun at the inexperienced teacher"; "His former students roasted the professor at his 60th birthday" related words >
- airs,
- arrogance,
- badinage,
- banter,
- barrack,
- be above,
- be contemptuous of,
- be disrespectful,
- be merry with,
- be overfamiliar with,
- brashness,
- brassiness,
- brazenfacedness,
- brazenness,
- burlesque,
- care nothing for,
- caricature,
- chaff,
- cheekiness,
- clannishness,
- cliquishness,
- cockiness,
- contemn,
- contempt,
- contemptuousness,
- contumely,
- crack a joke,
- crack wise,
- dare,
- denigrate,
- denigration,
- deprecate,
- deprecation,
- depreciate,
- depreciation,
- deride,
- deriding,
- derision,
- despise,
- despite,
- discommend,
- discommendation,
- discourtesy,
- disdain,
- disdainfulness,
- disesteem,
- dishonor,
- disparage,
- disparagement,
- dispraise,
- disprize,
- disrespect,
- disrespectfulness,
- disvaluation,
- disvalue,
- dump on,
- exchange,
- exclusiveness,
- face of brass,
- feel contempt for,
- feel superior to,
- fleer at,
- flippancy,
- flout,
- fooling,
- fooling around,
- freshness,
- fun,
- get fresh,
- get smart,
- gibe,
- gibe at,
- gibing,
- give-and-take,
- good-natured banter,
- grin at,
- guy,
- harmless teasing,
- hauteur,
- have a nerve,
- have the cheek,
- have the gall,
- haze,
- hold beneath one,
- hold cheap,
- hold in contempt,
- hold in derision,
- impertinence,
- impudence,
- insolence,
- insult,
- irreverence,
- jape,
- jeer,
- jeer at,
- jeering,
- jest,
- jibe,
- jive,
- joke,
- josh,
- joshing,
- kid,
- kid around,
- kidding,
- kidding around,
- lack of respect,
- lampoon,
- laugh at,
- laugh to scorn,
- look down upon,
- lout,
- make a funny,
- make bold,
- make free with,
- make fun,
- make fun of,
- make game of,
- make merry with,
- mimic,
- misprize,
- mock,
- mockery,
- mocking,
- not respect,
- pan,
- parody,
- persiflage,
- pillory,
- play on words,
- pleasantry,
- point at,
- poke fun at,
- presume,
- pun,
- put down,
- put one on,
- quip,
- quiz,
- rag,
- raillery,
- rally,
- rallying,
- rank low,
- razz,
- razzing,
- rib,
- ribbing,
- ride,
- roast,
- rudeness,
- scintillate,
- scoff,
- scoff at,
- scorn,
- scornfulness,
- scout,
- send up,
- set at naught,
- show disrespect for,
- smile at,
- sneer,
- sneer at,
- sneeze at,
- snicker at,
- sniff at,
- sniffiness,
- snigger at,
- snobbishness,
- snootiness,
- snort at,
- snottiness,
- sovereign contempt,
- sparkle,
- sport,
- superciliousness,
- take a liberty,
- take liberties,
- take liberties with,
- taunt,
- taunting,
- tease,
- think nothing of,
- toploftiness,
- travesty,
- treat with disrespect,
- trifle with,
- twit,
- utter a mot,
- wisecrack
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