Definitions for derogatory

derogatory de·rog·a·to·ry

Spelling: [dih-rog-uh-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee]
IPA: /dɪˈrɒg əˌtɔr i, -ˌtoʊr i/

Derogatory is a 10 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 15 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 15 points.

You can make 444 anagrams from letters in derogatory (adegoorrty).

Definitions for derogatory

adjective

  1. tending to lessen the merit or reputation of a person or thing; disparaging; depreciatory:

Origin of derogatory

1495-1505; Late Latin dērogātōrius cursing, equivalent to dērogā(re) (see derogate) + -tōrius -tory1

Examples for derogatory

As for the piece itself, at the time, I thought it portrayed the band as real and it did so not in any sort of derogatory way.

He bristled at the derogatory title but he covered it quickly.

After 11 years of service, his visa was just denied due to “derogatory information.”

In his haste he had said derogatory things about Robin in his heart, which was unreasonable.

If a man gave that testimony, you would never see those kind of derogatory remarks.

They warmly shook hands, as Roger did not consider it derogatory.

She used the caste rating as though it was not quite a derogatory term.

That officer thought the ox-cart was derogatory to the dignity of the army.

Reid had written poems about three other professors, all of them critical and derogatory.

The defense claims that Elderts used the term “haole”—a derogatory Hawaiian term for white people— before the fight broke out.

Word Value for derogatory
Scrable

15

Words with friends

15

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