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- pronunciation:
- d
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to
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- features:
- Word Combinations (adjective), Word Parts
| part of speech: |
adjective |
| definition: |
having the purpose or effect of detracting; disparaging.
She was tired and in no mood to hear any derogatory comments from her mother about her housecleaning.- synonyms:
- belittling, demeaning, deprecatory, disparaging, pejorative
- antonyms:
- complimentary
- similar words:
- defamatory, degrading, injurious, insulting, offensive
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| related words: |
abusive, captious, invective, personal |
adverb + (adj.)derogatory
incredibly, racially, sexually, somehow, somewhat
(adj.)derogatory
+ noun
black,
comment,
epithet,
fashion,
information,
joke,
label,
language,
manner,
meaning,
minority,
name,
reference,
remark,
slang,
slogan,
statement,
stereotype,
talk,
term,
tone,
word
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| derivations: |
derogatorily (adv.), derogatoriness (n.) |
The word derogatory
contains the following part:
rog, rogat
Latin
root
that means ask
  Example words:
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