英语词汇“pejorative”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

　

单词	pejorative
释义	Trends of pejorative View usage for: pejorative (pədʒɒrətɪv, US -dʒɔːr-) adjective A pejorative word or expression is one that expresses criticism of someone or something. [formal] I agree I am ambitious, and I don't see that as a pejorative term. Isn't there a suggestion that 'poetess' is slightly pejorative? Synonyms: derogatory, negative, slighting, unpleasant More Synonyms of pejorative pejorative in British English (pɪˈdʒɒrətɪv, ˈpiːdʒər-) adjective 1. (of words, expressions, etc) having an unpleasant or disparaging connotation noun 2. a pejorative word, expression, etc Derived forms pejoratively (peˈjoratively) adverb Word origin C19: from French péjoratif, from Late Latin pējōrātus, past participle of pējōrāre to make worse, from Latin pēior worse pejorative in American English (pɪˈdʒɔrətɪv; pɪˈdʒɑrətɪv; occas. ˈpidʒəˌreɪtɪv; ˈpɛdʒəˌreɪtɪv) adjective 1. declining; making or becoming worse: applied to words whose basic meaning has changed for the worse (Ex.: knave, cretin) 2. disparaging or derogatory noun 3. a pejorative word or form Derived forms pejoratively (peˈjoratively) adverb Word origin < L pejoratus, pp. of pejorare, to make worse < pejor, worse, orig., inclined downward < IE base ped-, foot Examples of 'pejorative' in a sentence pejorative Isn't there something pejorative about that? Times, Sunday Times (2016) Isn't there something pejorative about that? Times, Sunday Times (2016) The discrimination is being drawn on grounds which are racially discriminatory in a pejorative sense. Times, Sunday Times (2011) About when did the term begin to lose its pejorative sense? Goshgarian, Gary Exploring language (6th edn) (1995) At first the name was a pejorative assigned to them by their opponents. Garraty, John Arthur The American Nation: A History of the United States to 1877 (1995) In most businesses exploitation is a pejorative term. Times, Sunday Times (2012) This is a precious disc, and certainly not in the pejorative sense. Times, Sunday Times (2013) Annual plants will come in; weeds, to give them their pejorative name. Times, Sunday Times (2010) As the industry's reputation has sunk, he argues it has become a pejorative term that implies that all six companies are the same. Times, Sunday Times (2013) (adjective) in the sense of derogatory Definition (of a word or expression) having an insulting or critical sense He used the word in a pejorative sense. Synonyms derogatory She refused to withdraw her derogatory remarks. negative slighting slighting references to her age unpleasant belittling disparaging He was alleged to have made disparaging remarks. debasing deprecatory uncomplimentary depreciatory detractive detractory Additional synonyms in the sense of disparaging He was alleged to have made disparaging remarks. Synonyms contemptuous, damaging, critical, slighting, offensive, insulting, abusive, scathing, dismissive, belittling, unfavourable, derogatory, unflattering, scornful, disdainful, defamatory, derisive, libellous, slanderous, deprecatory, uncomplimentary, fault-finding, contumelious (literary) in the sense of slighting slighting references to her age Synonyms insulting, offensive, disparaging, derogatory, belittling, scornful, disrespectful, disdainful, supercilious, uncomplimentary Nearby words of pejorative peeved peevish peg pejorative pell-mell pellet pellucid Synonyms of 'pejorative' pejorative Explore 'pejorative' in the dictionary*
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