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Pejorate - English meaning

Pejorate – definitions in English dictionary

verb

To make worse; to cause to deteriorate. in later use also: to endow (a word) with a less favourable meaning.

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贬低

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Péjorer

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Erniedrigen

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निंदा करना

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Peggiorare

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Peyorar

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Pejorate – similar words

pejorative

adjective

Expressing contempt or disapproval.

Usage examples:

Permissiveness is used almost universally as a pejorative term
noun

A word expressing contempt or disapproval.

Usage examples:

Most of what he said was inflammatory and filled with pejoratives
adjective

Insulting, disapproving, or suggesting that something is not good or is of no importance

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Is "yankee" a pejorative term?
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pejoration

noun

Worsening, deterioration; (sometimes) specifically depreciation, disapproval, criticism; an instance of this; a depreciatory or critical expression.

noun

The development of a less favourable meaning or of less pleasant connotations for a word or expression.

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