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derogative en · ADJ

Etymology

Etymology tree English derogate Proto-Indo-European *-wós Proto-Indo-European *-iHwósder. Latin -īvus Old French -ifbor. Middle English -yf English -ive English derogative From derogate + -ive.

Meanings

1. Disparaging; tending or intending to be belittling.
   • "How strange, but then again, he is a strange man." [...] "Don't get me wrong. I did not mean that in a derogative sense." 1994, Jim Ranie, Jargodin: The Moonlighter, Brisbane: Jim Ranie, page 149:
2. Of or pertaining to derogation; that derogates

Forms

Antonyms

deferential

Deriveds

derogatively

Synonyms

derogatory · contemptuous (tending or intending to be belittling)

derogative en · NOUN

Etymology

Etymology tree English derogate Proto-Indo-European *-wós Proto-Indo-European *-iHwósder. Latin -īvus Old French -ifbor. Middle English -yf English -ive English derogative From derogate + -ive.

Meanings

1. (rare) A derogatory word or word-form.
   • (interposing s, the characteristic of diminutives and derogatives) 1870, Collections of the Connecticut Historical Society, volume 2, page 24:

Forms

Translations (2)

bg обидна дума (derogatory word or word-form) · bg обиден израз (derogatory word or word-form)