Communication

Synonyms for disparaging

One audited sense, one true synonym, and three words that come close enough to cost you the rung.

Tier 4, High Camp · 1 sense · adjective

The senseadjectiveTier 4, High CampCommunication

expressive of low opinion

Disparaging remarks about the new house.

The sentence the app shows, and the only thing that settles which meaning is meant.

The true synonym

derogatory

Same sentence, swapped: Derogatory remarks about the new house.

Close but different

These are the other three tiles the game puts on screen for this sense. Each one is a real word with a real meaning, and none of them is a synonym for disparaging as it is used in the sentence above.

discourteous
irreverent
priggish

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Closest first: other communication words at High Camp, then the same tier across the rest of the library.

verbiagenounwordingthe manner in which something is expressed in wordsHigh CampHas a reason line vindicateverbjustifyshow to be right by providing justification or proofHigh Camp voicenounarticulationexpressing in coherent verbal formHigh Camp2 sensesHas a reason line warningnounadmonitioncautionary advice about something imminent (especially imminent danger or other unpleasantness)High Camp telltaleadjectivetellingdisclosing unintentionally something concealedRidgeline textnounschoolbooka book prepared for use in schools or collegesSummitHas a reason line themenounsubjectthe subject matter of a conversation or discussionFoothills2 sensesHas a reason line blendverbmixmix together different elementsTreeline2 sensesHas a reason line

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