Synonyms of pejorative

pejorative

adjective

pi-ˈjȯr-ə-tiv 

as in insulting

intended to make a person or thing seem of little importance or value

the reviewer used the pejorative word "versifier" to refer to the writer, whose poems had struck a responsive chord with the general public

Synonyms & Similar Words

• insulting
• slighting
• derogatory
• malicious
• demeaning
• disparaging
• deprecatory
• uncomplimentary
• contemptuous
• derogative
• depreciatory
• scornful
• degrading
• abusive
• disdainful
• critical
• depreciative
• denigratory
• derisory
• venomous
• hateful
• detractive
• libellous
• libelous
• belittling
• nasty
• denigrative
• cruel
• slanderous
• decrying
• defamatory
• scurrilous
• opprobrious
• spiteful
• unkind
• calumnious
• malignant
• virulent
• malevolent
• malign
• mean
• despiteful
• catty
• denunciatory
• bitter
• caustic
• vilifying
• jealous
• maligning
• resentful
• envious
• slandering
• acrimonious
• jaundiced
• rancorous
• scathing
• acrid
• aspersing
• denunciative

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• laudatory
• complimentary
• positive
• commendatory
• friendly
• adulatory
• respectful
• approving
• appreciative
• sympathetic
• laudative
• admiring
• kind
• warm
• kindly
• applauding
• kindhearted
• warmhearted
• unmalicious

Examples of pejorative in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

For whatever reason, a pejorative implication always shrouded decoration in the modern era — even around such an important artist as Matisse. —Christopher Knight, Los Angeles Times, 16 Feb. 2024

And so, along with the legal conclusion comes this flood of characterizations, factual misstatements, pejorative comments about the president that are inconsistent with DOJ policy and norms. —Emma Colton, Fox News, 13 Feb. 2024

Recently, though, the data nerds (not pejorative) at The New York Times did their due diligence to determine if Swift had made NFL games, or even just Chiefs games, more popular. —Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 12 Feb. 2024

By the 1980s, the pejorative NIMBY routinely was hurled at those trying to constrain growth and development. —TIME, 6 Feb. 2024

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