derogative

English

Etymology

From derogate +‎ -ive.

Adjective

derogative (comparative more derogative, superlative most derogative)

1. Disparaging; tending or intending to be belittling.
   • 1994, Jim Ranie, Jargodin: The Moonlighter, Brisbane: Jim Ranie, page 149:

     "How strange, but then again, he is a strange man." [...] "Don't get me wrong. I did not mean that in a derogative sense."

2. Of or pertaining to derogation; that derogates

Synonyms

• derogatory
• (tending or intending to be belittling): contemptuous

Antonyms

• deferential

Derived terms

• derogatively

 

Noun

derogative (plural derogatives)

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

     (interposing s, the characteristic of diminutives and derogatives)

Italian

Adjective

derogative

1. feminine plural of derogativo

Anagrams

• rigodevate