Meaning

5 senses
  1. Disparaging.

  2. (usually)Tending to derogate

    abwertend, pejorativ, abfällig

    уничижи́тельныйuničižítelʹnyj, пренебрежи́тельныйprenebrežítelʹnyj, презри́тельныйprezrítelʹnyj

    знева́жливийznevážlyvyj, прини́жуючийprynýžujučyj

  3. Tending to derogate:

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

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

  5. Being or pertaining to a derogatory clause.

    derogativ, derogatorisch

More definitions
  • expressive of low opinion

Examples

34 sentences
  1. Her derogatory remarks towards her boss caused her to lose her job.

    ruЕё пренебрежительные замечания в адрес своего начальника стоили ей работы.

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  2. Tom said nothing derogatory.

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  3. Tom made some derogatory remarks.

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  4. I find the term "fag" derogatory.

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  5. He used derogatory remarks towards me.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
tending to lessen the value of:
Русский
By meaning 1
tending to lessen the value of:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
tending to lessen the value of:
legal clause:

Origin

Borrowed from Late Latin dērogātōrius, from Latin dērogō; corresponding to derogate + -ory

Borrowed from Late Latin dērogātōrius, from Latin dērogō; corresponding to derogate + -ory.

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Forms

more derogatory, most derogatory
Comparativemore derogatory Lesson
Superlativemost derogatory Lesson

regular

Synonyms

3 synonyms
Close in meaning

Antonyms

2 antonyms

Word family

6 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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