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HYPHEN
WORDNET DICTIONARY
CIDE DICTIONARY
OXFORD DICTIONARY
THESAURUS

pejorative

POS

Adjective, Noun

HYPHEN

pe=jo=ra=tive

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Adjective pejorative has 1 sense

pejorative(s = adj.all) dislogistic, dyslogistic - expressing disapproval; "dyslogistic terms like `nitwit' and `scalawag'"

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CIDE DICTIONARY

pejorative, a. [F. péjoratif, fr. L. pejor, used as compar. of malus evil.].

Implying or imputing evil; depreciatory; disparaging; unfavorable. [1913 Webster]

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OXFORD DICTIONARY

pejorative, adj. & n.
--adj. (of a word, an expression, etc.) depreciatory.
--n. a depreciatory word.

Derivative

pejoratively adv.

Etymology

F p{eacute}joratif -ive f. LL pejorare make worse (pejor)

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THESAURUS

pejorative

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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