derogative

3 definitions found

derogative - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  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.
          [1913 Webster]

derogative - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  derogative
      adj 1: expressive of low opinion; "derogatory comments";
             "disparaging remarks about the new house" [syn:
             derogative, derogatory, disparaging]

derogative - Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :

  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