downputting

Adjective

downputting (comparative more downputting, superlative most downputting)

1. That puts down; insulting.
   • You may also recall Weaver's response on the other thread. He was sarcastic, downputting and in every way wonderfully contemptuous of Brian's self-righteous chest-pounding.1994 May 27, Carl Beaudry, “Hasta Luigi!”, in alt.society.generation-x (Usenet)
   • Now, are you beginning to understand why he gave you a "perhaps" impatient and "perhaps" downputting look? He realized, no doubt, that he had before him --- in the flesh, so to speak --- a ditzy student, who probably had not absorbed much else of what he had to say about Art1997 October 13, D. Spencer Hines, “does "veronica" = "vera icon"?”, in soc.history.medieval (Usenet)