pejorative
[adjective]
Synonyms: derogatory, deprecatory, depreciatory, disparaging, negative, uncomplimentary, unpleasant

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Contrasted words: acclaiming, extolling, lauding, praising, aggrandizing, exalting, magnifying

[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲

pe‧jo‧ra‧tive /pɪˈdʒɒrətɪv $ -ˈdʒɔː-, -ˈdʒɑː-/ adjective formal
[Date: 1800-1900; Language: Late Latin; Origin: pejoratus, past participle of pejorare 'to make worse', from Latin pejor 'worse']
a word or expression that is pejorative is used to show disapproval or to insult someone:
For hard-line Republicans, the word ‘liberal’ had become a pejorative term.
—pejoratively adverb

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲