Meaning of PEJORATIVE
| Pronunciation: | | pi'jârutiv
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| | Definition: | | [adj] expressing disapproval; "dyslogistic terms like `nitwit' and `scalawag'" |
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| | Synonyms: | | dislogistic, dyslogistic, uncomplimentary |
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \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.
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| | Related Terms: | | 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 |
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