Definition of derogative in English:

adjective

• See derogate

  Example sentences

  • ‘He has made derogative remarks, made players uncomfortable playing for him, and is not leading the team in the right direction.’
  • ‘How can you describe him in such derogative terms with no experience of his personality or behaviour?’
  • ‘Jonny replies, ‘I don't see it as derogative - it is of course reductive and simplistic but it sells a serious number of books that otherwise wouldn't be sold.’
  • ‘Don't be stupid, boy,’ she said in the most derogative voice possible.’
  • ‘The expression used to be derogative, especially during ‘cultural revolution’ but nowadays, if you say someone is ‘petty bourgeois’, he will probably take it as a compliment.’