derogative, derogatory, disparaging
(adjective) expressive of low opinion; “derogatory comments”; “disparaging remarks about the new house”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
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.
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.
• pejorative
• honorific
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
14 January 2025
(adjective) of so extreme a degree or extent; “such weeping”; “so much weeping”; “such a help”; “such grief”; “never dreamed of such beauty”
The word “coffee” entered the English language in 1582 via the Dutch “koffie,” borrowed from the Ottoman Turkish “kahve,” borrowed in turn from the Arabic “qahwah.” The Arabic word qahwah was traditionally held to refer to a type of wine.
