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单词 derogatory
释义
derogatory
adjective
uk
/dɪˈrɒɡ.ə.tər.i//dɪˈrɒɡ.ə.tri/us
/dɪˈrɑː.ɡə.tɔːr.i/
(alsoderogative,uk/dɪˈrɒɡ.ə.tɪv/us/-ˈrɑː.ɡə.t̬ɪv/)
showingstrongdisapprovaland notshowingrespect:
诋毁的，贬损的，贬低的
He made some derogatorycomment/remarkabout herappearance.他对她的相貌贬低了一番。
Synonym
disparaging
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Critical & uncomplimentary
  • acidulous
  • astringency
  • astringently
  • barbed
  • be all very wellidiom
  • censorious
  • deprecating
  • disapproving
  • pejorative
  • pointed
  • scathing
  • self-criticism
  • self-damning
  • shade
  • snark
  • snidely
  • snideness
  • sniffy
  • tar
  • throw shadeidiom
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(Definition ofderogatoryfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

derogatory| American Dictionary

derogatory
adjective
us
/dɪˈrɑɡ·əˌtɔr·i,-ˌtoʊr·i/
expressingcriticismorinsult:
She wasupsetby derogatorycommentsmade about herclothes.
(Definition ofderogatoryfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofderogatory

derogatory
Since the force of aderogatorylabel must be maintained through repetition, it can be challenged through repetition as well.
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He referred to the survivors inderogatoryterms.
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English speakers frequently sought help from a bilingual in order to learn aderogatoryphrase that could be used as a retort.
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Such an absurd,derogatoryimitation creates a new truth, a new norm for social acceptability.
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In passing lasting words on to others, no older people in this sample offered communications of aderogatorynature.
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Derogatorycomments take many forms, and have an impact on self-concept and the wellbeing of the recipient.
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However, 91 of the 297 inspected women were called ' kvinnspersoner ' (aderogatoryterm for a woman at the time).
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The bilinguals had silently overheard and understood thederogatoryjokes by the medical staff.
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I do not use the word politics in aderogatorysense.
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There must be some limits to thederogatoryremarks we can make about gossips.
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Now it has no suchderogatorymeaning, but is used merely descriptively in a religious or ethnic sense that should cause offence to no one.
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Speech coded as devaluing is characterized by belittling, criticism, mocking sarcasm, orderogatoryor condescending language.
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The possibility ofderogatorymatrices (an eigenvalue with geometric multiplicity greater than one) may even render certain invariant subspaces unreachable.
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Some older people, however, reportedderogatoryremarks that had remained with them throughout their lives.
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Despite the popular view that personal that applied to individuals is somehowderogatory, it is never clearly intended as such.
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