Derogative

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Derogative \De*rog"a*tive\, a.
     Derogatory. -- {De*rog"a*tive*ly}, adv. [R.] --Sir T. Browne.
  
     Syn: belittling, depreciative, deprecatory, depreciatory,
          derogatory, detractive, detracting, slighting,
          pejorative, denigratory.


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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  derogative
       adj : expressive of low opinion; "derogatory comments";
             "disparaging remarks about the new house" [syn: {derogatory},
              {disparaging}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  29 Moby Thesaurus words for "derogative":
     abusive, back-biting, belittling, bitchy, calumniatory, calumnious,
     catty, censorious, contemptuous, contumelious, defamatory,
     deprecatory, depreciative, depreciatory, derisive, derisory,
     derogatory, detractory, disparaging, libelous, minimizing,
     pejorative, ridiculing, scandalous, scurrile, scurrilous,
     slanderous, slighting, vilifying