pejorativo

Meaning

Noun

pejorative (disparaging, belittling or derogatory word or expression)

Adj

pejorative; disparaging

Concepts

pejorative

antipathetic

dislogistic

dyslogistic

Opposite of

apreciativo, elogioso, meliorativo

Synonyms

depreciativo

desdenhoso

pejorativa

Translations

péjoratif

peyorativo

despectivo

peggiorativo

pejorativ

abschätzig

pejoratiu

abwertend

εξευτελιστικός

smalend

verschlimmernd

verschlechternd

herabsetzend

despectiu

Pronounced as (IPA)

/pe.ʒo.ɾaˈt͡ʃi.vu/

Etymology

Borrowed from French: péjoratif

In summary

Borrowed from French péjoratif (“depreciative, disparaging”), from Late Latin peiōrātus, past participle of peiōrō (“to make worse”), from Latin peior (“worse”). By surface analysis, pejorar + -tivo