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Derogative

Definition: Derogative

Derogative

Adjective

1. Expressive of low opinion; "derogatory comments"; "disparaging remarks about the new house".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Note: Derogative \De*rog"a*tive\, adjective. Derogatory. -- De*rog"a*tive*ly, adv.. (Websters 1913)


Synonyms: Derogative

Synonyms: derogatory (adj), disparaging (adj). (additional references)

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Derogative

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

  derogative

8
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translations: Derogative

Language Translations for "derogative"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Hungarian

  

méltatlan (derogatory, discreditable, undeserving, unworthy), csorbító (derogatory). (various references)

   

Italian

  

dispregiativo (contemptuous, derogatory, disparaging, pejorative), derogatorio (derogatory), sprezzante (abject, contemptuous, derogatory, disdainful, disparaging, scornful, Sniffy), spregiativo (derogatory, pejorative). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

erogativeday

   

Portuguese

  

derrogativo (derogatory), derrogatório (derogatory, overripe), depreciativo (depreciatory, derogatory, detractive, disparaging), depreciador (derogatory, detractor), aviltante (degrading, derogatory, disparate). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

despectivo (contemptuous, derogatory, disparaging, dyslogistic), derogado (derogatory), humillado (abashed, derogatory, humiliated). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Derivations & Misspellings: Derogative

Derivations

Words beginning with "derogative": derogatively. (additional references)


Misspellings

"Derogative" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: segregative. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "Derogative"

Words rhyming with "derogative" (pronounced 'De*rog"a*tive'): Abdicative, Abditive, Abirritative, Abjunctive, Abnegative, Abrogative, Absorptive, Abstractive, Accelerative, Accompletive, Accretive, Accumulative, Acervative, Acquisitive, Active, Adaptative, Additive, Adductive, Adjudicative, Administrative, Admirative, Admonitive, Adscriptive, Adumbrative, Affective, Affinitative, Affinitive, Afflictive, Afformative, Agglomerative, Agglutinative, Aggravative, Aggregative, Agitative, Alleviative, Alliterative, Altercative, Amalgamative, Amative, Ambulative, Ameliorative, Ampliative, Amplificative, Animative, Annihilative, Annotative, Annunciative, Anticipative, Aperitive, Appetitive. (additional references)

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Anagrams: Derogative

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-d-e-e-g-i-o-r-t-v"

-2 letters: derivate, derogate, deviator, ergative, overaged, overedit, ravigote.

-3 letters: averted, avodire, avoider, deviate, diverge, garoted, goateed, greaved, grieved, overage, overate, overeat, revoted, riveted, triaged, vertigo, virgate.

-4 letters: adroit, advert, aeried, agreed, aigret, airted, dative, dearie, derate, derive, devoir, devote, dieter, divert, dogear, dotage, dotier, dragee, edgier, editor, ergate, evader, evited, gaited, gaiter, garote, geared.

 Words containing the letters "a-d-e-e-g-i-o-r-t-v"
 

+2 letters: derogatively, overfatigued, prerogatived.

 

+3 letters: overeducating, reinvigorated.

 

+4 letters: overdecorating, overmedicating.

 

+5 letters: overadvertising.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: Derogative


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

44 65 72 6F 67 61 74 69 76 65

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)

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Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)

Braille (1829, in France) (references)

Morse Code (1836) (references)

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Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01000100 01100101 01110010 01101111 01100111 01100001 01110100 01101001 01110110 01100101

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#68 &#101 &#114 &#111 &#103 &#97 &#116 &#105 &#118 &#101

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0044 0065 0072 006F 0067 0061 0074 0069 0076 0065

British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

38718481736786758871

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Expressions: Internet
4. Translations: Modern
5. Derivations
6. Rhymes
7. Anagrams
8. Orthography
9. Bibliography


  

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