Despiteful
Despiteful adjective - Having or showing a desire to cause someone pain or suffering for the sheer enjoyment of it.
Pejorative and despiteful are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Pejorative" instead an adjective "Despiteful".
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
Despiteful and pejorative are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Despiteful" instead an adjective "Pejorative".
Nearby Word: pejoratively
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- opprobrious and despiteful
- opprobrious and pejorative
- scornful and despiteful
- scornful and pejorative
- contemptuous and despiteful
- contemptuous and pejorative
- deprecatory and despiteful
- deprecatory and pejorative
- depreciative and despiteful
- depreciative and pejorative
- disparaging and despiteful
- disparaging and pejorative
- nasty and despiteful
- nasty and pejorative
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