Associations to the word «Pejorative»

Wiktionary

PEJORATIVE, adjective. Disparaging, belittling or derogatory.
PEJORATIVE, noun. A disparaging, belittling, or derogatory word or expression.

Dictionary definition

PEJORATIVE, adjective. Expressing disapproval; "dyslogistic terms like `nitwit' and `scalawag'".

Wise words

The chief virtue that language can have is clearness, and nothing detracts from it so much as the use of unfamiliar words.
Hippocrates