as in insulting
intended to make a person or thing seem of little importance or value
fans made a steady stream of derogatory remarks about the players on the visiting team
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Recent Examples of derogatory
Text messages introduced at trial showed Proctor using offensive and derogatory language to describe Read to family, friends and supervisors.
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Tim Stelloh, NBC news, 31 Mar. 2025
The backlash stems from a series of inflammatory social media posts where Kanye mocked JAY-Z and Beyoncé’s youngest children, making derogatory claims about their mental health.
—Amber Corrine, VIBE.com, 27 Mar. 2025
Listen to this article Three juveniles face burglary and criminal mischief charges in connection with graffiti found inside a building in Wallingford this week that included derogatory language and racial slurs, police said.
—Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 27 Mar. 2025
Ye has been in a public spiral in recent months, frequently posting derogatory, days-long rants about Jewish people and even selling T-shirts branded with swastikas through his online store.
—Shania Russell, EW.com, 19 Mar. 2025
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Tim Stelloh, NBC news, 31 Mar. 2025
The backlash stems from a series of inflammatory social media posts where Kanye mocked JAY-Z and Beyoncé’s youngest children, making derogatory claims about their mental health.
—Amber Corrine, VIBE.com, 27 Mar. 2025
Listen to this article Three juveniles face burglary and criminal mischief charges in connection with graffiti found inside a building in Wallingford this week that included derogatory language and racial slurs, police said.
—Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 27 Mar. 2025
Ye has been in a public spiral in recent months, frequently posting derogatory, days-long rants about Jewish people and even selling T-shirts branded with swastikas through his online store.
—Shania Russell, EW.com, 19 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for derogatory
Adjective
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Sean Griffin, local executive council president for the union, said the pay is insulting.—
Chase Jordan,
Charlotte Observer,
26 Mar. 2025
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To suggest civil servants don’t work hard and could do more for less is insulting to the hundreds of thousands of hard-working federal workers earning their paychecks today.—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
14 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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Trash, elevated or otherwise, need not be a pejorative.—
Louis Peitzman,
Vulture,
26 Dec. 2024
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In conservative circles, the pejorative label stuck.—
Meg James,
Los Angeles Times,
23 Dec. 2024
Adjective
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The woman, along with her legal team, painted a picture of a violent man whose abusive cycles included demeaning text messages, physical harm, and threats.—
Anna Kaufman,
USA Today,
10 Apr. 2025
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Luck and the university fired coach Troy Taylor last week after ESPN reported that he was twice investigated for his demeaning treatment of staffers — particularly women.—
Michael Nowels,
Mercury News,
1 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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These emails might include malicious links designed to install malware or steal login information.—
Kurt Knutsson, CyberGuy Report,
FOXNews.com,
16 Apr. 2025
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Time to update: Apple has discovered hackers exploiting an iOS bug via malicious media files.—
Michael Kan,
PC Magazine,
16 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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The 2023 Economic Report Of The President published in March of 2023 was relatively disparaging of cryptoassets and DLTs.—
Lawrence Wintermeyer,
Forbes,
5 Dec. 2024
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Prior to appearing on Cunningham's show on Monday, Huggins made more disparaging remarks about Xavier.—
Emily DeLetter,
The Enquirer,
10 May 2023
Adjective
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Though the pollen gunk will pass, he's concerned by a contingent of Twitter trolls who've shared uncomplimentary reviews of his recent North American tour.—
Jordan Runtagh,
PEOPLE.com,
21 Jan. 2022
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Neither party admitted to liability and each agreed to refrain from making disparaging, negative or uncomplimentary statements about the other, the document said.—
Lorraine Mirabella,
Baltimore Sun,
29 July 2022
Adjective
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The draconian rules imposed upon women and girls in Afghanistan are strictly enforced with those objecting being threatened, beaten, detained and subjected to inhuman and degrading treatment in detention.—
Dr. Ewelina U. Ochab,
Forbes.com,
13 Apr. 2025
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Threats like inversion, theft and evasion can alter AI models, risking intellectual property theft and degrading model reliability.—
Christian Espinosa,
Forbes,
3 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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This subsided with unusual speed, however, as cricket fans took instead to sharing the self-deprecatory jokes coming over the border.—
The Economist,
The Economist,
22 June 2019
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Philipps has acquired her 1-million-and-growing Instagram followers through her self-deprecatory humor, raw honesty and vulnerability.—
Sonja Haller,
USA TODAY,
11 July 2018
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“Derogatory.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/derogatory. Accessed 20 Apr. 2025.
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