Webdisparaging: [adjective] meant to belittle the value or importance of someone or something : serving or intended to disparage someone or something.

Webderogatory: [adjective] expressive of a low opinion : disparaging.

Webpejorative: [noun] a word or phrase that has negative connotations (see connotation 1) or that is intended to disparage or belittle : a pejorative word or phrase.

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WebUndoubtedly the Styles story contains a strong and explicit political text: the lack of choices available to him as a black worker in a white-owned factory; the dreary realities of job reservation, of group areas, of the whole complex of laws that define apartheid as a system; the futile pleasure derived from a momentary reversal of white and ...

WebA few nights ago, during the graveyard shift in A&E, a colleague sent me a clip from the classic BBC sitcom, Yes, Prime Minister. “The Smoking Ban” episode shows PM Jim Hacker vowing to take on the tobacco lobby — something his Cabinet Secretary, Sir Humphrey Appleby, says “no man in his right mind could possibly contemplate”.

WebSynonyms for mean include signify, convey, denote, designate, indicate, connote, show, express, spell out and stand for. Find more similar words at wordhippo.com!

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