showing a critical attitude and lack of respect for somebody synonym insulting贬低的;贬义的 derogatory remarks/comments 贬斥的言辞/评论 She indicated by her tone that this was only her private opinion and in no way derogatory of Colonel Ferguson. 她用自己的语气表示,这只是她的个人观点,绝不是贬损弗格森上校。
Oxford Collocations DictionaryDerogatory is used with these nouns:- comment
- connotation
- remark
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Word Originearly 16th cent. (in the sense ‘damaging in force or effect’): from late Latin derogatorius, from derogat- ‘abrogated’, from the verb derogare, from de- ‘aside, away’ + rogare ‘ask’.