Derogatory

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • adj. Disparaging; belittling: a derogatory comment.
  • adj. Tending to detract or diminish.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adj. Tending to derogate, or lessen in value of someone; expressing derogation; detracting; injurious.
  • adj. When referring to a clause in a testament: a sentence of secret character inserted by the testator alone, of which he reserves the knowledge to himself, with a condition that no will he may make thereafter shall be valid, unless this clause is inserted word for word; – a precaution to guard against later wills extorted by violence, or obtained by suggestion.
  • n. A trade-line on a credit report that includes negative credit history.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adj. Tending to derogate, or lessen in value; expressing a low opinion; expressing derogation; detracting; injurious; -- with from, to, or unto.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Detracting or tending to lessen by taking something away; that lessens extent, effect, estimation, etc.: with to, sometimes from.
  • Synonyms Depreciative, discreditable, disgraceful.
  • n. A derogatory act or statement; a disparagement.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adj. expressive of low opinion
    • Equivalent
    uncomplimentary   
    Cross Reference
    derogatory clause in a testament   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    belittling    depreciative    deprecatory    depreciatory    detractive   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    interrogatory   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    opprobrious    pejorative    uncomplimentary    inappropriate    off-topic   
     
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