One entry found for derogatory.
Entry Word: derogatory
Function: adjective
Text: intended to make a person or thing seem of little importance or value <fans made a steady stream of derogatory remarks about the players on the visiting team> Synonyms belittling, contemptuous, decrying, degrading, demeaning, depreciative, depreciatory, disdainful, disparaging, scornful, slighting, uncomplimentary Related Words aspersing, defamatory, detractive, insulting, libelous, maligning, slandering, slanderous, vilifying; abusive, opprobrious, scurrilous; despiteful, malevolent, malicious, spiteful Near Antonyms admiring, adulatory, laudatory; appreciative, respectful Antonyms commendatory, complimentary