pejorative

pe·jor·a·tive

 (pĭ-jôr′ə-tĭv, -jŏr′-, pĕj′ə-rā′tĭv, pē′jə-)

adj.

Disparaging; belittling: "The label Neandertal took on a pejorative connotation decades ago; it implied boorishness at best and stupidity at worst" (Craig Stanford).

n.

A disparaging or belittling word or expression.

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pe·jor′a·tive·ly adv.

pejorative

(pɪˈdʒɒrətɪv; ˈpiːdʒər-)

adj

(of words, expressions, etc) having an unpleasant or disparaging connotation

n

a pejorative word, expression, etc

[C19: from French péjoratif, from Late Latin pējōrātus, past participle of pējōrāre to make worse, from Latin pēior worse]

peˈjoratively adv

pe•jo•ra•tive

(pɪˈdʒɔr ə tɪv, -ˈdʒɒr-, ˈpɛdʒ əˌreɪ-, ˈpi dʒə-)

adj.

1. having a disparaging, derogatory, or belittling effect or force, as a word.

n.

2. a pejorative form or word, as poetaster.

[1880–85; < Late Latin pējōrāt(us), past participle of pējōrāre, derivative of pējor worse]

pe•jo′ra•tive•ly, adv.

pejorative

Used to describe an expression that means something unpleasant or derogatory.

Thesaurus

Adj.

1.

pejorative - expressing disapproval; "dyslogistic terms like `nitwit' and `scalawag'" dislogistic, dyslogistic uncomplimentary - tending to (or intended to) detract or disparage

pejorative

adjective derogatory, negative, slighting, unpleasant, belittling, disparaging, debasing, deprecatory, uncomplimentary, depreciatory, detractive, detractory He used the word in a pejorative sense.

pejorative

adjective

Tending or intending to belittle:

deprecative, deprecatory, depreciative, depreciatory, derogative, derogatory, detractive, disparaging, low, slighting, uncomplimentary.

Translations

pejorativnípejorativum

pejorativPejorativum

peyorativodespectivo

péjoratifpéjorative

peggiorativo

denigrerendkleinerendpejoratief

peiorativ

pejorative

[pɪˈdʒɒrətɪv] ADJ → peyorativo, despectivo

pejorative

[pɪˈdʒɒrətɪv] adj → péjoratif/ive

pejorative

adj, pejoratively

adv → pejorativ, abwertend, abschätzig

pejorative

[pɪˈdʒɒrɪtɪv] adj → spregiativo/a, peggiorativo/a