DEROGATORY

derogative, derogatory, disparaging

(adjective) expressive of low opinion; “derogatory comments”; “disparaging remarks about the new house”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Etymology

Adjective

derogatory (comparative more derogatory, superlative most derogatory)

(usually with to) Tending to derogate

Synonym: injurious

Reducing the power or value of (a governmental body, etc); detracting from.

Lessening the worth of (a person, etc); expressing derogation; insulting.

(legal, of a, clause in a testament) Being or pertaining to a derogatory clause.

Usage notes

In common language, particularly used in the phrase “derogatory term”, where it is equivalent to less common pejorative, and in “derogatory statements”, equivalent to more casual offensive.

Synonyms

• pejorative

Antonyms

• honorific

Noun

derogatory (plural derogatories)

A trade-line on a credit report that includes negative credit history.

Source: Wiktionary

De*rog"a*to*ry, a.

Definition: Tending to derogate, or lessen in value; expressing derogation; detracting; injurious; -- with from to, or unto. Acts of Parliament derogatory from the power of subsequent Parliaments bind not. Blackstone. His language was severely censured by some of his brother peers as derogatory to their other. Macaulay. Derogatory clause in a testament (Law), 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.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition