Synonyms for derogatory
dɪˈrɒg əˌtɔr i, -ˌtoʊr ideroga·to·ry

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1. derogatorynoun

   Synonyms:
   pejorative

2. derogatoryadjective

   Tending to derogate, or lessen in value of someone; expressing derogation; detracting; injurious.

   Synonyms:
   pejorative

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1. derogative, derogatory, disparagingadjective

   expressive of low opinion

   "derogatory comments"; "disparaging remarks about the new house"

   Synonyms:
   derogative, disparaging

   Antonyms:
   complimentary

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1. derogatoryadjective

   Synonyms:
   detracting, dishonoring, depreciative

2. derogatoryadjective

   Synonyms:
   shameful, disreputable, disgraceful, discreditable, scandalous

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1. derogatoryadjective

   Synonyms:
   disparaging, detracting

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1. List of paraphrases for "derogatory":

   pejorative, contemptuous, dismissive, degrading, insulting, offensive

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How to use derogatory in a sentence?

1. Keith Dorsey:

   I let them do their own thing, the only thing I do is guide them to make it next level, like the lighting. Also, we don't do offensive content or derogatory content that will hurt their careers.

2. Linda Cope:

   People were urinating off the balconies, throwing up in the elevators, making suggestive and sexual comments about veterans with their service dogs and derogatory and suggestive comments about their wives.

3. Michael Dowse:

   We vetted it all legally and stuff and the opinion was that because everyone uses it so much, it's fair game. As long as you're not derogatory about it and as long as you use it as it's used in real life and you're not making stuff up about how it's used, you're free to go. And it's a better title than 'Stiffed'.

4. Ellen Fineberg:

   Donald Trump is maligning Muslims and there is a history in our world of hate speech, as someone who is of a Jewish background, I know that hate speech was the beginning for Hitler and for what happened in World War II. And so we need to stand up now and really speak out against this kind of derogatory statements that Trump is making across the board.

5. Morgan Wallen:

   I was around some of my friends and we just, we say dumb stuff together. In our minds it's playful. It sounds ignorant but that's really where it came from, and it's wrong, we were all clearly drunk and I was asking his girlfriend to take care of him because he was drunk and he was leaving. I didn't mean it in any derogatory manner at all.