Antonyms of adj complimentary

2 senses of complimentary

Sense 1
complimentary (vs. uncomplimentary) -- (conveying or resembling a compliment; "a complimentary remark")

uncomplimentary (vs. complimentary) -- (tending to (or intended to) detract or disparage)
        => belittling, deprecating, deprecative, deprecatory, depreciative, depreciatory, slighting -- (tending to diminish or disparage; "belittling comments"; "managed a deprecating smile at the compliment"; "deprecatory remarks about the book"; "a slighting remark")
        => derogative, derogatory, disparaging -- (expressive of low opinion; "derogatory comments"; "disparaging remarks about the new house")
        => dyslogistic, dislogistic, pejorative -- (expressing disapproval; "dyslogistic terms like `nitwit' and `scalawag'")
        => supercilious, sneering, snide -- (expressive of contempt; "curled his lip in a supercilious smile"; "spoke in a sneering jeering manner"; "makes many a sharp comparison but never a mean or snide one")

Sense 2
complimentary, costless, free, gratis (predicate), gratuitous -- (costing nothing; "complimentary tickets"; "free admission")

INDIRECT (VIA unpaid) -> paid -- (marked by the reception of pay; "paid work"; "a paid official"; "a paid announcement"; "a paid check")

Similarity of adj complimentary

2 senses of complimentary

Sense 1
complimentary (vs. uncomplimentary) -- (conveying or resembling a compliment; "a complimentary remark")
       => encomiastic, eulogistic, panegyric, panegyrical -- (formally expressing praise)
       => laudatory, praiseful, praising -- (full of or giving praise; "a laudatory remark")
          Also See-> favorable#1, favourable#1

Sense 2
complimentary, costless, free, gratis (predicate), gratuitous -- (costing nothing; "complimentary tickets"; "free admission")
       => unpaid (vs. paid) -- (not paid; "unpaid wages"; "an unpaid bill")

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