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What is another word for pejorative?

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Disparaging, belittling or derogatory in nature

Slanderous, deliberately harmful to someone's reputation

A word expressing contempt or disapproval, especially in an offensive manner

The act of disparaging or belittling

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Adjective

Disparaging, belittling or derogatory in nature

uncomplimentary

unfavourable^UK

dishonourable^UK

dishonorable^US

full of contempt

dishonouring^UK

politically incorrect

full of reproof

high and mighty

on your high horse

high-and-mighty

self-opinionated

full of oneself

self-centered^US

self-congratulatory

self-glorifying

self-centred^UK

too big for your boots

self-aggrandizing

full of yourself

too big for your breeches

holier-than-thou

self-respecting

turning up your nose at

looking down your nose at

putting on airs

lacking civility

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“On the whole, the relationship was described in pejorative terms.”

Adjective

Slanderous, deliberately harmful to someone's reputation

“During the Dublin Lockout, the Irish Independent strongly supported the employers' position and made pejorative attacks on labor leader James Larkin.”

Noun

A word expressing contempt or disapproval, especially in an offensive manner

superciliousness

slap in the face

backhanded compliment

kick in the teeth

character assassination

left-handed compliment

scandalmongering

malicious gossip

defamation of character

false accusation

disparaging remark

misrepresentation

microaggression

snappy comeback

verbal onslaught

blow to one's pride

misrepresentation of character

misdemeanour^UK

uncomplimentary remark

back-handed compliment

pointed comment

critical remark

false insinuation

rumourmongering^UK

rumormongering^US

shout of derision

stream of abuse

whispering campaign

false imputation

presumptuousness

taking the mickey

insubordination

rap over the knuckles

lack of respect

smack in the face

smear campaigning

scandalous remark

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“The use of a pejorative to emphasize a point that scarcely needed to have been made was thoroughly unprofessional and uncalled for.”

Noun

The act of disparaging or belittling

misrepresentation

scandalmongering

character assassination

defamation of character

malicious gossip

misrepresentation of character

false accusation

marginalization^US

marginalisation^UK

stigmatization^US

stigmatisation^UK

backhanded compliment

rumourmongering^UK

rumormongering^US

smear campaigning

scandalous remark

underestimation

verbal disapproval

whispering campaign

back-fence talk

malicious statement

false insinuation

public humiliation

libellous statement

blot on the escutcheon

slanderous statement

false imputation

malicious rumours

malicious rumour

verbal onslaught

rap over the knuckles

intimate intelligence

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