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pejorating

pejorating is the present participle and gerund of pejorate.

Meaning of pejorate

Verb

pejorate (third-person singular simple present pejorates, present participle pejorating, simple past and past participle pejorated)

  1. (ambitransitive) To become or make (something) worse; to deteriorate, to worsen.
    • You do not appear to me to recognize the gravity of your situation, or you would be more careful not to pejorate the same by words which glance upon the purity of justice.1892, Robert Louis Stevenson, “Lord Advocate Prestongrange”, in Catriona, London; Edinburgh: Thomas Nelson & Sons, →OCLC, page 49

Questions about pejorating

What is pejorating the present participle and gerund of?
Pejorating is the present participle and gerund of pejorate.

Words near pejorating in the dictionary

  1. pejibaye
  2. pejibayes
  3. pejorate
  4. pejorated
  5. pejorates
  6. pejorating
  7. pejoration
  8. pejorationist
  9. pejorationists
  10. pejorations
  11. pejorative

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