Need another word that means the same as “pejorative”? Find 15 synonyms and 30 related words for “pejorative” in this overview.
The synonyms of “Pejorative” are: dislogistic, dyslogistic, disparaging, derogatory, denigratory, deprecatory, defamatory, slanderous, libellous, abusive, insulting, slighting, vituperative, disapproving, contemptuous
According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “pejorative” as an adjective can have the following definitions:
| abusive | Extremely offensive and insulting. An abusive relationship. |
| contemptuous | Showing contempt; scornful. She was intolerant and contemptuous of the majority of the human race. |
| defamatory | Harmful and often untrue; tending to discredit or malign. A defamatory allegation. |
| denigratory | (used of statements) harmful and often untrue; tending to discredit or malign. |
| deprecatory | Apologetic or appeasing. A deprecatory smile. |
| derogatory | Showing a critical or disrespectful attitude. She tells me I m fat and is always making derogatory remarks. |
| disapproving | Expressing an unfavourable opinion. He shot a disapproving glance at her. |
| dislogistic | Expressing disapproval. |
| disparaging | Expressing the opinion that something is of little worth; derogatory. Disparaging remarks about the new house. |
| dyslogistic | Expressing disapproval. Dyslogistic terms like nitwit and scalawag. |
| insulting | Disrespectful or scornfully abusive. Their language is insulting to women. |
| libellous | Harmful and often untrue; tending to discredit or malign. A libellous newspaper story. |
| slanderous | (of a spoken statement) false and malicious. Slanderous allegations. |
| slighting | Tending to diminish or disparage. Slighting references to the errors of our political economists. |
| vituperative | Marked by harshly abusive criticism. A vituperative outburst. |
| abusive | Expressing offensive reproach. Abusive parents. |
| belittle | Cause to seem less serious; play down. She belittled Amy s riding skills whenever she could. |
| contemptuous | Showing contempt; scornful. She was intolerant and contemptuous of the majority of the human race. |
| criticize | Form and express a judgement of (a literary or artistic work. The paper criticized the new movie. |
| curse | Invoke or use a curse against. It often seemed as if the family had been cursed. |
| decry | Express strong disapproval of. They decried human rights abuses. |
| defame | Charge falsely or with malicious intent; attack the good name and reputation of someone. The journalists have defamed me. |
| degrading | Causing a loss of self-respect; humiliating. The vicious and degrading cult of violence. |
| denigrate | Charge falsely or with malicious intent. Doom and gloom merchants who denigrate their own country. |
| derogate | Cause to seem less serious; play down. It is typical of him to derogate the powers of reason. |
| derogatory | Expressive of low opinion. She tells me I m fat and is always making derogatory remarks. |
| disgraceful | Shockingly unacceptable. It is disgraceful that they should be denied unemployment benefits. |
| dishonorable | Deceptive or fraudulent; disposed to cheat or defraud or deceive. Dishonorable in thought and deed. |
| disparaging | Expressing the opinion that something is of little worth; derogatory. Disparaging remarks about the new house. |
| disrespectful | Neither feeling nor showing respect. Disrespectful toward his teacher. |
| humiliating | Causing awareness of your shortcomings. A humiliating defeat. |
| ignominious | Deserving or bringing disgrace or shame- Rachel Carson. An ignominious retreat. |
| insulting | Expressing extreme contempt. Their language is insulting to women. |
| libellous | Harmful and often untrue; tending to discredit or malign. A libellous newspaper story. |
| libelous | Harmful and often untrue; tending to discredit or malign. |
| opprobrious | (of language) expressing scorn or criticism. An opprobrious monument to human greed. |
| reproach | In the Roman Catholic Church a set of antiphons and responses for Good Friday representing the reproaches of Christ to his people. He gave her a look of reproach. |
| rude | Belonging to an early stage of technical development characterized by simplicity and often crudeness. It s rude to talk about people right in front of them. |
| scolding | An angry rebuke or reprimand. She d get a scolding from Victoria. |
| scornful | Feeling or expressing contempt or derision. The opposition were scornful of the Prime Minister s proposal. |
| shameful | Giving offense to moral sensibilities and injurious to reputation- Thackeray. The wicked rascally shameful conduct of the bankrupt. |
| slanderous | Harmful and often untrue; tending to discredit or malign. Slanderous allegations. |
| sneering | Expressive of contempt. He made a sneering comment about their closeness. |
| vilify | Speak or write about in an abusively disparaging manner. He has been vilified in the press. |
| way | A general category of things used in the expression in the way of. The area s wine industry still has some way to go to full maturity. |
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