How to use derogatory in a sentence

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• Yet, a top leader’s use of derogatory casteist slurs was deeply offensive.2024 November 8, Mitra Pariyar, “Dahal’s casteist slurs”, in The Kathmandu Post. From the entry casteist
• I hope you enjoyed that list of foul and derogatory "slangonyms."2021, Lori Hardacker, Dating, What The F*ck?, page 29. From the entry slangonym
• Feedback is always given in an upbeat rather than a derogatory manner.2014, BusinessNews Publishing, Summary : Little Bets - Peter Sims, →ISBN. From the entry plus
• Thus, the famous title of the dictionary is, at base, derogatory.2014, James Lambert, “A Much Tortured Expression: A New Look At `Hobson-Jobson'”, in International Journal of Lexicography, volume 27…. From the entry eleventh hour
• The overall effect is of a derogatory portrayal of vegans and veganism that we interpret as ‘vegaphobia’.2011 March, Matthew Cole, Karen Morgan, “Vegaphobia: derogatory discourses of veganism and the reproduction of speciesism in UK national…. From the entry vegaphobia
• Because he refused to protect his brother's name from obliteration, he acquires a derogatory nickname.2001, David L. Lieber and Jules Harlow, Etz Hayim: Torah and Commentary, page 1134. From the entry obliteration
• The 'Mishapocalypse' dominated posts and chatter on the site for days, equally from those who were celebratory and derogatory.2023, Lara Barkin, “Tumblr fandom is an unknowable anti-monolith cryptid”, in Joy Piedmont, Matt Hills, Paul Booth, Tansy Rayner Roberts…. From the entry Mishapocalypse
• She used the derogatory term “knurd” she’d learned back in England from Lady Chatterly’s friends who attended the school of Eton.2015, Ken Knight, Senator Joseph McCarthy and Lady Chatterley, AuthorHouse, →ISBN. From the entry knurd
• “What about disseminating truehoods that also happen to be derogatory?”2011, Robert Littell, Mother Russia. From the entry truehood
• “Childish”, “child-like”, etc. usually have very negative or derogatory connotations.2004 February-March [1978 December 14], (I)An-ok Ta Chai, “Youth Liberation”, in Slingshot, number #80. From the entry n-word
• "Manpris" is a derogatory term for Capri-style pants for men.[2002 March 20, Sally Cragin, “Chillin' With Surfers and Sick Waves”, in Boston Globe. From the entry manpris
• The term is not used in a derogatory sense, but rather in tolerant approbation as being of an independent persuasion.1997, David Paynter, Clive Upton and J.D.A. Widdowson, Yorkshire Words Today: a glossary of regional dialect, The Yorkshire Dialect…. From the entry pot o' one
• Did ah ever say anything derogatory against ma man Franco?1993, Irvine Welsh, Trainspotting, Times Film School, page 50. From the entry ah
• Its title is not meant in a derogatory sense.1961 May 9, Louis Calta, “New Show Listed by Jones, Schmidt”, in The New York Times, volume 110, number 37726, page 43. From the entry ratfink
• While the notion of cheuginess might make many defensive, it is not necessarily meant to be fully derogatory; more of just a roast.2021 May 10, Mary Frances Knapp, “The Three Tiers of Cheuginess, Explained”, in VICE, archived from the original on 30 Mar 2023. From the entry cheuginess
• These efforts have created an asymmetrical political sphere, where the label "lefty" is used as a derogatory term, associated with antipatriotism and autoantisemitism.2021 June 3, Ayala Panievsky, “The Strategic Bias: How Journalists Respond to Antimedia Populism”, in The International Journal of…. From the entry autoantisemitism
• And it was a derogatory term.2008, Jason Caminiti, Pawtucket Rising, spoken by James Doyle (mayor). From the entry bucket
• Arguably Snape's lifelong obsession with Lily in canon is more disturbing than the least imaginative and most derogatory Severitus conception, the drunken one night stand.2007 September 5, A. G. McDowell, “Re: The Future of Fan Fiction”, in alt.fan.harry-potter (Usenet). From the entry Severitus
• The white Rhodie ‘nashos’ (another derogatory term for national servicemen—this time from the Brit regulars), however, brought to the battalion a level of education that was previously unknown.2007, Alexandre Binda, Chris Cocks, The Saints: The Rhodesian Light Infantry, page 176. From the entry nasho
• The author is reporting on the high-pitched voice frequently considered a stereotypical feature of the burikko, a derogatory Japanese label used to describe women who exhibit feigned naïveté.2004, Laura Miller, “You are Doing Burikko!”, in Shigeko Okamoto, Janet Shibamoto Smith, editors, Japanese Language, Gender, and Ideology…. From the entry burikko
• They were not waving at him but sat passively as if waiting to hear if what he had to say would be derogatory to their previous relationship.1998, Wallace Collins, Dragon Fire, page 9. From the entry passively
• He was then six years old and didn't know how to speak in English so he couldn't understand what she was saying but he sensed that it was derogatory.1994, Joseph Veramo, Moving through the Streets: A Novel, page 39. From the entry contemptuously
• However, Christian believers are sternly warned to have no part in this type of Archie Bunkerism, which uses all sorts of derogatory words about every race other than one's own.2009, Walter C. Jr. Kaiser, What Does the Lord Require?. From the entry Archie Bunkerism

Meaning of derogatory

1. adjective Disparaging.
2. adjective Tending to derogate.
3. adjective Reducing the power or value of (a governmental body, etc); detracting from.

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Questions about derogatory in a sentence

How do you use derogatory in a sentence?

Derogatory is used as an adjective and noun. For example: “Billie Jean King said Friday that the Australian Open’s Margaret Court Arena should have its name changed because of Court’s derogatory comments about gay and transgender people.”

What is a short sentence with derogatory?

“And it was a derogatory term.”

What does derogatory mean?

Derogatory means disparaging.