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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (1)

1. expressing disapproval;
- Example: "dyslogistic terms like `nitwit' and `scalawag'"
[syn: dyslogistic, dislogistic, pejorative]


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]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

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