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Definition of Derogative
1. Adjective. Expressive of low opinion. "Disparaging remarks about the new house"
Similar to: Uncomplimentary
Derivative terms: Derogate, Derogate
Definition of Derogative
1. a. Derogatory.
Definition of Derogative
1. Adjective. disparaging, tending or intending to be belittling. ¹
2. Adjective. Of or pertaining to derogation; that derogates ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Derogative
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Derogative
Literary usage of Derogative
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Narrative of an Expedition Through the Upper Mississippi to Itasca Lake by Henry Rowe Schoolcraft (1834)
"... or as; a derogative form, made in ish, eesh, oosh, or ash ; and a local form,
made in aing, eeng, ing, or oong. By a principle of accretion, the second, ..."
2. The American Indian (Uh-nish-in-na-ba) by Elijah Middlebrook Haines (1888)
"derogative Ending. A noun, whether animate or inanimate, may have a derogative,
contemptible sense given to it by affixing sh, ..."
3. Summary Narrative of an Exploratory Expedition to the Sources of the by Henry Rowe Schoolcraft (1855)
"Serpent, s. Kinai'bik. 8. diminutive. 5ns, implying Little serpent. — s. derogative.
ish, — s. local. ing, — s. dim. and der. ..."
4. The Works of Francis Bacon by John Thomas Scharf, Percy Bysshe Shelley, Francis Bacon, James Spedding, Robert Leslie Ellis, Douglas Denon Heath, William Rawley (1878)
"... which will not administer Justice by law, but by their owne wills.
This Administration in a subject is derogative to the Kings Prerogative, ..."
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