Associations to the word «Derogative»
Wiktionary
DEROGATIVE, adjective. Disparaging, tending or intending to be belittling.
DEROGATIVE, adjective. Of or pertaining to derogation; that derogates
DEROGATIVE, noun. (rare) A derogatory word or word-form.
Dictionary definition
DEROGATIVE, adjective. Expressive of low opinion; "derogatory comments"; "disparaging remarks about the new house".
Wise words
In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike
fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the
new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.