Pejorative

3 definitions found

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

  Pejorative \Pe*jor"a*tive\, a. [F. p['e]joratif, fr. L. pejor,
     used as compar. of malus evil.]
     Implying or imputing evil; depreciatory; disparaging;
     unfavorable.
     [1913 Webster]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  pejorative
       adj : expressing disapproval; "dyslogistic terms like `nitwit' and
             `scalawag'" [syn: {dyslogistic}, {dislogistic}]

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

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