Contemptuous
Contemptuous adjective - Intended to make a person or thing seem of little importance or value.
Usage example: contemptuous comments about the baseball team's pathetic showings
Pejorative is a synonym for contemptuous. In some cases you can use "Pejorative" instead an adjective "Contemptuous".
Pejorative
Pejorative adjective - Intended to make a person or thing seem of little importance or value.
Usage example: the reviewer used the pejorative word “versifier” to refer to the writer, whose poems had struck a responsive chord with the general public
Contemptuous is a synonym for pejorative in disparaging topic. You can use "Contemptuous" instead an adjective "Pejorative".
Nearby Word: pejoratively
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- rude and contemptuous
- rude and pejorative
- disrespectful and contemptuous
- disrespectful and pejorative
- offensive and contemptuous
- offensive and pejorative
- opprobrious and contemptuous
- opprobrious and pejorative
- insulting and contemptuous
- insulting and pejorative
- scornful and contemptuous
- scornful and pejorative
- derisive and contemptuous
- derisive and pejorative
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