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Another word for pejorative

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Adjective

  1. Tending or intending to belittle

    See also:

    praise

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Another word for pejorative

Modifier
  1. See also:

    rude

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Sentence Examples

  • Using pejorative words to describe young people makes them feel less important.

  • Some medical terms were clearly pejorative and have since been abandoned.

  • The pejorative overtones of the lecture made the students feel terrible.

  • The pejorative term "wasteland" is proposed to be replaced by the term "urban commons."

  • "Weak" is a pejorative interpretation of what I said.

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