a word or remark that is pejorative expresses disapproval or criticism synonym derogatory贬损的;轻蔑的 Oxford Collocations DictionaryPejorative is used with these nouns:- connotation
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Word Originlate 19th cent.: from French péjoratif, -ive, from late Latin pejorare ‘make worse’, from Latin pejor ‘worse’.