| 单词 | pejorative |
| 释义 | pejorative[ pi-jawr-uh-tiv, -jor-, pej-uh-rey-, pee-juh- ] / pɪˈdʒɔr ə tɪv, -ˈdʒɒr-, ˈpɛdʒ əˌreɪ-, ˈpi dʒə- / SEE SYNONYMS FOR pejorative ON THESAURUS.COM adjectivehaving a disparaging, derogatory, or belittling effect or force: the pejorative affix -ling in princeling. nouna pejorative form or word, as poetaster. Origin of pejorative1880–85; <Latin pējōrāt(us) (see pejoration) + -ive SYNONYMS FOR pejorative1 deprecatory. SEE SYNONYMS FOR pejorative ON THESAURUS.COM OTHER WORDS FROM pejorativeDictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 British Dictionary definitions for pejorativepejorative / (pɪˈdʒɒrətɪv, ˈpiːdʒər-) / adjective(of words, expressions, etc) having an unpleasant or disparaging connotation nouna pejorative word, expression, etc Derived forms of pejorativepejoratively, adverbWord Origin for pejorativeC19: from French péjoratif, from Late Latin pējōrātus, past participle of pējōrāre to make worse, from Latin pēior worse Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 |
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