denigrating
adjective
den·i·grat·ing
ˈde-ni-ˌgrā-tiŋ
: tending or serving to insult or belittle someone
a denigrating stereotype
Their comments are denigrating to women.
His nickname, Mack the Nice, captured the man, but some used the moniker in a denigrating way …—Sidney Blumenthal
see also self-denigrating
denigratingly
adverb
To the literati Mr. Michener is known, often denigratingly as a "best-seller writer"…
—Doris Grumbach
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