Thesaurus / uncomplimentary

uncomplimentary

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.

All the schoolboys who were not Welsh delighted in teasing us by applying the uncomplimentary nickname.

I trust no one but ourselves heard you, was Veronicas uncomplimentary addition, delivered in a tone of shocked disapproval.

She was called a "Thing," an "Eggbox," and other uncomplimentary names, but all agreed that she could go in a breeze.

"Ferry me across, Old Crooked-legs," said he, and added other still more uncomplimentary remarks.

“I might say the same to you, if it were not treason to utter anything so uncomplimentary to a fair lady,” observed Bruce.

The result of his long cogitation in front of the grandfather picture had been highly uncomplimentary to the artist.

This is accomplished with muttered uncomplimentary remarks concerning the magician.

Anne of Cleves, on whom Henry bestowed an uncomplimentary epithet, had come, and had proved unacceptable.

Our narrow breeches and long skirts only add to the evidence, however uncomplimentary the idea may be to us.

SYNONYM OF THE DAY

OCTOBER 26, 1985