derogatory
11derogatory — [[t]dɪrɒ̱gətri, AM tɔːri[/t]] ADJ GRADED: usu ADJ n If you make a derogatory remark or comment about someone or something, you express your low opinion of them. He refused to withdraw derogatory remarks made about his boss …
12derogatory — adjective insulting and disapproving: derogatory remark/comment/term etc: Many gay men still regard queer as a very derogatory term. derogatorily adverb …
13derogatory — adj. (often foll. by to) involving disparagement or discredit; insulting, depreciatory (made a derogatory remark; derogatory to my position). Derivatives: derogatorily adv. Etymology: LL derogatorius (as DEROGATE) …
14derogatory — adjective Date: circa 1503 1. detracting from the character or standing of something often used with to, towards, or of 2. expressive of a low opinion ; disparaging < derogatory remarks > • derog …
15derogatory — derogatorily, adv. derogatoriness, n. /di rog euh tawr ee, tohr ee/, adj. tending to lessen the merit or reputation of a person or thing; disparaging; depreciatory: a derogatory remark. [1495 1505; < LL derogatorius cursing, equiv. to deroga(re)… …
16derogatory — adj. Derogatory is used with these nouns: ↑comment, ↑connotation, ↑remark, ↑term …
17derogatory — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. depreciative, disparaging, defamatory, humiliating. See disrepute, detraction. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. belittling, disparaging, slighting, dishonoring, deprecatory, depreciatory, denigrating,… …
18derogatory — de|rog|a|to|ry [ dı ragə,tɔri ] adjective showing that you have a bad opinion of something or someone, usually in an insulting way: a derogatory remark …
19derogatory — adjective a derogatory remark Syn: disparaging, denigratory, deprecatory, disrespectful, demeaning; critical, pejorative, negative, unfavorable, uncomplimentary, unflattering, insulting; offensive, personal, abusive, rude, nasty, mean …
20derogatory — UK [dɪˈrɒɡət(ə)rɪ] / US [dɪˈrɑɡəˌtɔrɪ] adjective showing that you have a bad opinion of something or someone, usually in an insulting way a derogatory remark …
