Defamatory
Defamatory adjective - Causing or intended to cause unjust injury to a person's good name.
Derogative and defamatory are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Derogative" instead an adjective "Defamatory".
Derogative
Derogative adjective - Intended to make a person or thing seem of little importance or value.
Usage example: since “housewife” is now regarded by some as a derogative word, designations such as “stay-at-home mom” have emerged
Defamatory and derogative are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Defamatory" instead an adjective "Derogative".
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- offensive and defamatory
- offensive and derogative
- opprobrious and defamatory
- opprobrious and derogative
- insulting and defamatory
- insulting and derogative
- contemptuous and defamatory
- contemptuous and derogative
- deprecatory and defamatory
- deprecatory and derogative
- depreciative and defamatory
- depreciative and derogative
- disparaging and defamatory
- disparaging and derogative
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Derogative and Defamatory. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 15, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/defamatory/derogative
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