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Pejorative
/pɪˈdʒɒɹətɪv/
A disparaging, belittling, or derogatory word or expression.
📖 Definitions of "Pejorative"
noun
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A disparaging, belittling, or derogatory word or expression.
adjective
- 1
Disparaging, belittling or derogatory.
🔄 Synonyms of "Pejorative"
3 synonyms found via WordNet and Google Books.
| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| dyslogistic | Expressing censure or disapproval |
| uncomplimentary | Not complimentary; negative or insulting. |
| dislogistic | expressing disapproval |
💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Pejorative"
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| dyslogistic | Expressing censure or disapproval |
| uncomplimentary | Not complimentary; negative or insulting. |
| dislogistic | expressing disapproval |
| derogatory | Disparaging. |
| abusive | Being physically or emotionally injurious; characterized by repeated violence or other abuse. |
| derogative | Disparaging; tending or intending to be belittling. |
| despectivenoun | Disparaging, derogatory; looking down upon. |
| mockingverb | derisive or contemptuous |
| deprecative | Tending to deprecate. |
| snide | Disparaging or derisive in an insinuative way. |
| derisive | Expressing or characterized by derision; mocking; ridiculing. |
| self-denigrating | Tending to disparage oneself. |
| reflectingverb | That reflects. |
| sneeringverb | Contemptful, mocking. |
| distasteful | (figuratively) Unpleasant. |
| sharp | Terminating in a point or edge, especially one that can cut or pierce easily; not dull, obtuse, or rounded. |
| humiliating | Liable to humiliate, degrade, shame or embarrass someone. |
| pointedverb | (comparable) Sharp, barbed; not dull. |
| depressoidnoun | (slang, derogatory) Depressing or miserable. |
| self-stultifying | Self-denigrating. |
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