Pejorative Definition

pĭ-jôrə-tĭv, -jŏr-, pĕjə-rātĭv, pējə-
adjective
Taking on or giving a meaning or connotation that is less favorable.
-ess and -ling are often pejorative suffixes.
Webster's New World
Disparaging or derogatory.
Webster's New World
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noun
A pejorative word or form.
Webster's New World

Other Word Forms of Pejorative

Noun

Singular:
pejorative
Plural:
pejoratives

Origin of Pejorative

  • French 1882 péjorative (“depreciative, disparaging"), from Late Latin peioratus, past participle of peiorare (“make worse"), from Latin peior (“worse"). Compare English 1644 pejorate (“to worsen"), from the same etymology.

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Pejorative Sentence Examples

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

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

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

  • The word clumsy has a pejorative meaning.

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

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Words Starting With

PPEPEJ

Words Ending With

EVEIVE

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Words Starting With P and Ending With E

Starts With P & Ends With EStarts With PE & Ends With EStarts With P & Ends With VE

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10 Letter Words10 Letter Words Starting With P10 Letter Words Ending With E

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