pejorative
Plural: pejoratives
Adjective Satellite
- expressing disapproval
Adj
- Disparaging, belittling or derogatory.
Noun
- A disparaging, belittling, or derogatory word or expression.
Origin / Etymology
From Late Latin peiōrātus (past participle of peiōrāre (“make worse”), from Latin peior (“worse”)) + -ive. Compare French péjoratif (“depreciative, disparaging”). By surface analysis, pejorate + -ive.
Synonyms
dislogistic, dyslogistic, derogatory, disrespectful, dyslogism, dysphemism
Antonyms
ameliorative, approbative, approvative, eulogistic, euphemism, meliorative
Scrabble Score: 22
pejorative: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordpejorative: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
pejorative: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary