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Meanings of derogative in English

Expressive of low opinion.

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        Examples for "derogatory"
        1
        There'd been nothing derogatory or recent under either personal or business files.
        Three to get deadly and four to score
        2
        Asked if that was not derogatory language, he said it was not.
        The Guardian
        3
        There is nothing derogatory to her in what you say-quite the reverse.
        A Chair on the Boulevard
        4
        No truth can be derogatory to the presumed fountain of all truth.
        An Expository Outline of the "Vestiges of the Natural History of...
        5
        The flock, with shrill, derogatory remarks, flew in an airline straight away.
        The Land of Footprints
        1
        This naturally led to a number of disparaging comments from both parties.
        The Irish Times
        2
        The Ideal kills enjoyment and content by disparaging the present and actual.
        Amiel's Journal: The Journal Intime of Henri-Frédéric Amiel
        3
        He recalled Lambert's last disparaging comment, said to no one in particular.
        The Complete Alien Omnibus
        4
        They have been using machines and have been disparaging the Great Worm.
        Metro 2033
        5
        The only remark he passes of a disparaging character is the following:
        The Irish Race in the Past and the Present
        Usage of derogative in English
        1
        The derogative appellation was common parlance in earlier decades of the century in rural Ireland.
        The Irish Times
        2
        His mention of Lillian made Aileen think of her in a faintly derogative way for a moment.
        The Financier: A Novel
        3
        "Nothin' like the sand storms in this country," Joe discounted, never willing to yield one point in derogative comparison between that land and any other.
        Trail's End
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