You don't need to say it in such derogatory terms.
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Derogatory
//dɪˈɹɑɡəˌtɔɹi//
Synonyms for "derogatory" (71 found)
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Related words (35)
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2 entriesderived
5 entriesderived from
2 entrieshas context
2 entriesrelated to
4 entriessimilar
1 entriesTranslations
88 translations across 33 languages.
Afrikaans
1 entries- neerhalend adj (tending to lessen the value of)
Arabic
2 entries- حَقِير adj (tending to lessen the value of)
- دَنِيء adj (tending to lessen the value of)
Bulgarian
2 entries- подценяващ adj (tending to lessen the value of)
- пренебрежителен adj (tending to lessen the value of)
Catalan
3 entries- derogatori adj (legal clause)
- despectiu adj (tending to lessen the value of)
- pejoratiu adj (tending to lessen the value of)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 誹謗 /诽谤 adj (legal clause)
- 贬义 adj (tending to lessen the value of)
Czech
3 entries- hanlivý adj (tending to lessen the value of)
- pohrdavý adj (tending to lessen the value of)
- ponižující adj (tending to lessen the value of)
Danish
1 entries- nedsættende adj (tending to lessen the value of)
Dutch
3 entries- beledigend adj (tending to lessen the value of)
- denigrerend adj (tending to lessen the value of)
- kleinerend adj (tending to lessen the value of)
Finnish
3 entries- alentava adj (tending to lessen the value of)
- derogatorinen adj (legal clause)
- halventava adj (tending to lessen the value of)
French
2 entries- dépréciatif adj (tending to lessen the value of)
- péjoratif adj (tending to lessen the value of)
Galician
3 entries- despectivo adj (tending to lessen the value of)
- desprezativo adj (tending to lessen the value of)
- pexorativo adj (tending to lessen the value of)
German
4 entries- abfällig adj (tending to lessen the value of)
- abwertend adj (tending to lessen the value of)
- beleidigend adj (tending to lessen the value of)
- derogativ adj (legal clause)
Greek
3 entries- μειωτικός adj (tending to lessen the value of)
- υβριστικός adj (legal clause)
- υποτιμητικός adj (tending to lessen the value of)
Hebrew
1 entries- פּוֹגֵעַ adj (tending to lessen the value of)
Hindi
1 entries- अपमानजनक adj (tending to lessen the value of)
Hungarian
4 entries- elítélő adj (tending to lessen the value of)
- lefitymáló adj (tending to lessen the value of)
- lekicsinylő adj (tending to lessen the value of)
- lenéző adj (tending to lessen the value of)
Indonesian
3 entries- bersifat merugikan orang lain adj (tending to lessen the value of)
- menghina adj (tending to lessen the value of)
- yg menghina adj (tending to lessen the value of)
Italian
4 entries- contumelioso adj (tending to lessen the value of)
- ingiurioso adj (tending to lessen the value of)
- insultante adj (tending to lessen the value of)
- offensivo adj (tending to lessen the value of)
Korean
2 entries- 경멸적 adj (tending to lessen the value of)
- 멸시적 adj (tending to lessen the value of)
Macedonian
2 entries- погрден adj (tending to lessen the value of)
- потценувачки adj (tending to lessen the value of)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- nedsettende adj (tending to lessen the value of)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- nedsetjande adj (tending to lessen the value of)
Persian
1 entries- تحقیرآمیز adj (tending to lessen the value of)
Polish
2 entries- pejoratywny adj (tending to lessen the value of)
- pogardliwy adj (tending to lessen the value of)
Portuguese
4 entries- depreciativo adj (tending to lessen the value of)
- derrogatório adj (tending to lessen the value of)
- derrogatório adj (legal clause)
- pejorativo adj (tending to lessen the value of)
Romanian
4 entries- defavorabil adj (tending to lessen the value of)
- denigrator adj (tending to lessen the value of)
- depreciativ adj (tending to lessen the value of)
- derogatoriu adj (tending to lessen the value of)
Russian
3 entries- презри́тельный adj (tending to lessen the value of)
- пренебрежи́тельный adj (tending to lessen the value of)
- уничижи́тельный adj (tending to lessen the value of)
Slovak
3 entries- pejoratívny adj (tending to lessen the value of)
- uberajúci na hodnote adj (tending to lessen the value of)
- znevažujúci adj (tending to lessen the value of)
Spanish
4 entries- denigrante adj (tending to lessen the value of)
- derogatorio adj (legal clause)
- despreciativo adj (tending to lessen the value of)
- menospreciativo adj (tending to lessen the value of)
Swedish
1 entries- nedsättande adj (tending to lessen the value of)
Turkish
3 entries- aşağılayıcı adj (tending to lessen the value of)
- küçümseyici adj (tending to lessen the value of)
- pejoratif adj (tending to lessen the value of)
Ukrainian
2 entries- знева́жливий adj (tending to lessen the value of)
- прини́жуючий adj (tending to lessen the value of)
Welsh
1 entries- dirmygus adj (tending to lessen the value of)
Sample sentences
14 total sentences available.
She made some derogatory remarks about her colleagues.
Source: tatoeba (1216634)
The drunken men made derogatory remarks toward the women in the club.
Source: tatoeba (1415698)
Her derogatory remarks towards her boss caused her to lose her job.
Source: tatoeba (1507510)
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