What are the opposite words for complimentary?
The antonyms for the word "complimentary" are "insulting", "critical", "disparaging", "belittling", "derogatory", "scornful", "derisive", "demeaning", "condescending", "disrespectful", and "censuring". These words convey negativity and criticism instead of praise and appreciation. They are used to express disapproval or contempt for something or someone. When we use the antonyms of "complimentary", we are expressing our dissatisfaction or disappointment with a situation, behavior or performance. In contrast, when we use the word "complimentary", we are expressing approval and admiration for the same things. The antonyms of "complimentary" are essential in communication to convey our feelings more accurately.
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- censorious
- fault-finding
- sour
- flattering
- ridiculing
- critical
- complaining
- defamatory
- derogative
- libelous
- opprobrious
- pejorative
- sarcastic
- abusive
- acrid
- barbed
- captious
- carping
- cutting
- derisive
- derogatory
- disadvantageous
- disparaging
- grouchy
- insulting
- exhibiting unkind behavior or words
- bitter, sour to taste
- all
- very critical
- in a bad mood
- fault-finding, detracting
- libelous, slanderous
- offensive, uncomplimentary
- detrimental, inconvenient
- complaining, irritable
- negative, belittling
- nasty, mocking in speech
- Other relevant words
- Other antonyms
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censorious
- censorious,
- condemnatory,
- Culpatory,
- dis approving,
- dis-approving,
- more chiding,
- more condemnatory,
- more condemning,
- more culpatory,
- more denouncing,
- more disapproving,
- more reprehending,
- more reproaching,
- most chiding,
- most condemnatory,
- most condemning,
- most culpatory,
- most denouncing,
- most disapproving,
- most reprehending,
- most reproaching.
- fault-finding
- sour
- flattering
- ridiculing
-
critical
- all-important,
- calumniatory,
- high-priority,
- all important,
- allimportant,
- de meaning,
- de terminative,
- de-meaning,
- de-terminative,
- dis criminating,
- dis-criminating,
- highpriority,
- more all important,
- more belittling,
- more calumniatory,
- more censuring,
- more critic,
- more demeaning,
- more hairsplitting,
- more highpriority,
- more humbling,
- most all important,
- most all-important,
- most allimportant,
- most belittling,
- most calumniatory,
- most censuring,
- most critic,
- most demeaning,
- most hairsplitting,
- most high priority,
- most high-priority,
- most highpriority,
- most humbling,
- pre carious,
- pre-carious.
- complaining
- defamatory
- derogative
- libelous
-
opprobrious
- opprobrious,
- de faming,
- de-faming,
- dis gracing,
- dis-gracing,
- more abasing,
- more defaming,
- more disgracing,
- more hurting,
- more injuring,
- more libeling,
- more offending,
- more shaming,
- most abasing,
- most defaming,
- most disgracing,
- most hurting,
- most injuring,
- most libeling,
- most offending,
- most shaming.
- pejorative
- sarcastic
-
abusive
- insolent,
- insulting,
- offensive,
- reproachful,
- scathing,
- Obloquious,
- in solent,
- in-solent,
- more calumniating,
- more castigating,
- more invective,
- more maligning,
- more obloquious,
- more reproachful,
- more reviling,
- more scolding,
- more traducing,
- more upbraiding,
- more vilifying,
- most calumniating,
- most castigating,
- most invective,
- most maligning,
- most obloquious,
- most reproachful,
- most reviling,
- most scolding,
- most traducing,
- most upbraiding,
- most vilifying,
- sharp tongued,
- sharptongued,
- up-braiding.
- acrid
- barbed
-
captious
- irritable,
- Cavillous,
- Exceptive,
- nit-picking,
- ex acting,
- ex-acting,
- fault finding,
- hyper critical,
- hyper-critical,
- more caviling,
- more cavillous,
- more deprecating,
- more exceptive,
- more nit picking,
- more nit-picking,
- most caviling,
- most cavillous,
- most deprecating,
- most exceptive,
- most nit picking,
- most nit-picking,
- nit picking,
- over critical,
- over-critical.
- carping
- cutting
- derisive
-
derogatory
- de crying,
- de grading,
- de rogatory,
- de spiteful,
- de-crying,
- de-grading,
- de-rogatory,
- de-spiteful,
- dis honoring,
- dis-honoring,
- more aspersing,
- more decrying,
- more dishonoring,
- more minimizing,
- most aspersing,
- most decrying,
- most dishonoring,
- most minimizing,
- un favorable,
- un flattering,
- un-favorable,
- un-flattering.
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disadvantageous
- debit side,
- dyslogistic,
- uncomplimentary,
- debit-side,
- debitside,
- dis advantageous,
- dis-advantageous,
- ill timed,
- in expedient,
- in opportune,
- in-expedient,
- in-opportune,
- more debit side,
- more debit-side,
- more debitside,
- more downside,
- more dyslogistic,
- more uncomplimentary,
- most debit side,
- most debit-side,
- most debitside,
- most downside,
- most uncomplimentary,
- on debit side,
- on the debit side,
- pre judicial,
- pre-judicial,
- un profitable,
- un-complimentary.
- disparaging
- grouchy
- insulting
- exhibiting unkind behavior or words
- bitter, sour to taste
- all
- very critical
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in a bad mood
- sour.
- fault-finding, detracting
- libelous, slanderous
- offensive, uncomplimentary
- detrimental, inconvenient
- complaining, irritable
- negative, belittling
- nasty, mocking in speech
- Other relevant words
- Other antonyms
Antonym of the day
leading the way
- Antonyms:
- abandon, follow, misguide.
