pejorative

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

pejorative
    adj 1: expressing disapproval; "dyslogistic terms like `nitwit'
           and `scalawag'" [syn: {dyslogistic}, {dislogistic},
           {pejorative}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Pejorative \Pe*jor"a*tive\, a. [F. p['e]joratif, fr. L. pejor,
   used as compar. of malus evil.]
   Implying or imputing evil; depreciatory; disparaging;
   unfavorable.
   [1913 Webster]

from Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

32 Moby Thesaurus words for "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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