Adjective
Disparaging; tending or intending to be belittling.
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"How strange, but then again, he is a strange man." [...] "Don't get me wrong. I did not mean that in a derogative sense."
Of or pertaining to derogation; that derogates
Noun
A derogatory word or word-form.
Usage- Rare
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(interposing s, the characteristic of diminutives and derogatives)
Adjective
expressive of low opinion
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derogatory comments
disparaging remarks about the new house