derogatory

Etymology
Borrowed from, from ; corresponding to.

Adjective

 * 1) Disparaging.
 * 2)  Tending to derogate:
 * 3) Reducing the power or value of (a governmental body, etc); detracting from.
 * 4) Lessening the worth of (a person, etc); expressing derogation; insulting.
 * 5)  Being or pertaining to a derogatory clause.
 * 1) Reducing the power or value of (a governmental body, etc); detracting from.
 * 2) Lessening the worth of (a person, etc); expressing derogation; insulting.
 * 3)  Being or pertaining to a derogatory clause.
 * 1)  Being or pertaining to a derogatory clause.
 * 1)  Being or pertaining to a derogatory clause.

Usage notes

 * In common language, particularly used in the phrase “derogatory term”, where it is equivalent to the less common, and in “derogatory statements”, equivalent to the more casual.

Translations

 * Afrikaans: neerhalend
 * Arabic:, دَنِيء
 * Bulgarian: ,
 * Catalan: pejoratiu, despectiu
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Czech: hanlivý, pohrdavý, ponižující
 * Danish: nedsættende
 * Dutch:, ,
 * Finnish: ,
 * French: ,
 * Galician: pexorativo, ,
 * German:, , ,
 * Greek: ,
 * Hebrew: פּוֹגֵעַ
 * Hungarian:, , , , , lefitymáló
 * Italian:, , contumelioso, , ,
 * Korean:, 멸시적
 * Macedonian: погрден, потценувачки
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål:
 * Nynorsk: nedsetjande
 * Persian: تحقیرآمیز
 * Polish: ,
 * Portuguese:, , derrogatório
 * Romanian:, , prejudiciator, , , ,
 * Russian:, ,
 * Slovak: uberajúci na hodnote,, znevažujúci
 * Spanish:, , despreciativo, denigrante, menospreciativo,
 * Swedish:
 * Turkish:, ,
 * Welsh:


 * Catalan: derogatori
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Finnish: derogatorinen
 * German: derogativ,
 * Greek:
 * Portuguese: derrogatório
 * Spanish:


 * Italian: ,
 * Macedonian: ,
 * Mandarin: ,

Noun

 * 1)  A tradeline on a credit report that indicates negative credit history.