English-Thai Dictionary

pejorative

ADJ พูด คำหยาบ  derogatory derisive phud-yab-kai

 

pejorative

N คำหยาบ  คำ เหยียดหยาม  kam-yab

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

PEJORATIVE

Pe *jor "a *tive, a. Etym: [F. péjoratif, fr. L. pejor, used as compar. of malus evil. ]

 

Defn: Implying or imputing evil; depreciatory; disparaging; unfavorable.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

pejorative

pe jo ra tive |pəˈjôrətiv, ˈpejəˌrātiv pəˈʤɔrədɪv | ▶adjective expressing contempt or disapproval: "permissiveness " is used almost universally as a pejorative term. ▶noun a word expressing contempt or disapproval. DERIVATIVES pe jo ra tive ly adverb ORIGIN late 19th cent.: from French péjoratif, -ive, from late Latin pejorare ‘make worse, ’ from Latin pejor ‘worse. ’

 

Oxford Dictionary

pejorative

pejorative |pɪˈdʒɒrətɪv | ▶adjective expressing contempt or disapproval: permissiveness is used almost universally as a pejorative term. ▶noun a word expressing contempt or disapproval. DERIVATIVES pejoratively adverb ORIGIN late 19th cent.: from French péjoratif, -ive, from late Latin pejorare ‘make worse ’, from Latin pejor ‘worse ’.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

pejorative

pejorative adjective his remarks were considered too pejorative for daytime radio: disparaging, derogatory, denigratory, deprecatory, defamatory, slanderous, libelous, abusive, insulting, slighting; informal bitchy. ANTONYMS complimentary. WORD TOOLKIT See slanderous . Word Toolkits illustrate the difference between close synonyms by means of words typically used with them.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

pejorative

pejorative adjective disparaging, derogatory, denigratory, deprecatory, defamatory, slanderous, libellous, abusive, insulting, slighting, vituperative, disapproving, contemptuous; informal bitchy; rare invective, contumelious. ANTONYMS complimentary, approbatory. WORD TOOLKIT pejorative See abusive . Word Toolkits illustrate the difference between close synonyms by means of words typically used with them.

 

French Dictionary

péjorativement

péjorativement adv. adverbe Dans un sens péjoratif. : Le nom parvenu s ’emploie péjorativement.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

pejorative

pe jo ra tive /pɪdʒɔ́ːrətɪv |-dʒɔ́ -/形容詞 名詞 C ｟かたく ｠軽蔑 （けいべつ ）的な (言葉 [表現 ]).～ly 副詞