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synonyms for uncomplimentary

  • acrid
  • alert
  • arrogant
  • backbiting
  • biting
  • bitter
  • burlesque
  • caustic
  • chaffing
  • clever
  • contemptuous
  • contradictory
  • critical
  • cutting
  • cynical
  • defiant
  • derisive
  • disparaging
  • double-edged
  • exaggerated
  • implausible
  • incisive
  • incongruous
  • keen
  • mocking
  • mordant
  • paradoxical
  • pungent
  • quick-witted
  • ridiculous
  • sardonic
  • satiric
  • satirical
  • scathing
  • scoffing
  • sharp
  • sneering
  • spicy
  • trenchant
  • twisted
  • witty
  • wry
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antonyms for uncomplimentary

MOST RELEVANT
  • considerate
  • deferential
  • straight
  • sincere
  • becoming
  • flattering
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              How to use uncomplimentary in a sentence

              Joe thought the fellow was loafing, so he hit him a clout on the head, and made very uncomplimentary remarks.
              THE CHEQUERSJAMES RUNCIMAN
              All the schoolboys who were not Welsh delighted in teasing us by applying the uncomplimentary nickname.
              THE IRON PUDDLERJAMES J. DAVIS
              I trust no one but ourselves heard you, was Veronicas uncomplimentary addition, delivered in a tone of shocked disapproval.
              MARJORIE DEAN COLLEGE FRESHMANPAULINE LESTER
              She was called a "Thing," an "Eggbox," and other uncomplimentary names, but all agreed that she could go in a breeze.
              THE SPORTSWOMAN'S LIBRARY, V. 2VARIOUS
              "Ferry me across, Old Crooked-legs," said he, and added other still more uncomplimentary remarks.
              THE MYTHS OF THE NORTH AMERICAN INDIANSLEWIS SPENCE
              “I might say the same to you, if it were not treason to utter anything so uncomplimentary to a fair lady,” observed Bruce.
              THE HAUNTED ROOMA. L. O. E.
              The result of his long cogitation in front of the grandfather picture had been highly uncomplimentary to the artist.
              A BOOKFUL OF GIRLSANNA FULLER
              This is accomplished with muttered uncomplimentary remarks concerning the magician.
              THE WIT AND HUMOR OF AMERICA, VOLUME II. (OF X.)VARIOUS
              Anne of Cleves, on whom Henry bestowed an uncomplimentary epithet, had come, and had proved unacceptable.
              RIVERS OF GREAT BRITAIN. THE THAMES, FROM SOURCE TO SEA.ANONYMOUS
              Our narrow breeches and long skirts only add to the evidence, however uncomplimentary the idea may be to us.
              FROM THE CAVES AND JUNGLES OF HINDOSTANHELENA PRETROVNA BLAVATSKY
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              WORDS RELATED TO UNCOMPLIMENTARY

              • belittling
              • critical
              • deprecating
              • deprecatory
              • depreciative
              • depreciatory
              • derogative
              • derogatory
              • detractive
              • disapproving
              • slighting
              • uncomplimentary
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