- dyslogistic: expressing disapproval; "dyslogistic terms like `nitwit' and `scalawag'"
- (pejoratively) in a pejorative manner; "I am not using the word pejoratively"
- A disparaging, belittling, or derogatory word or expression; Disparaging, belittling or derogatory
- (adj.) derogatory, uncomplimentary (The evening’s headline news covered an international scandal caused by a pejorative statement the famous senator had made in reference to a foreign leader.)
- relates to the formation "of a less favourable meaning or of unpleasant connotations of a word."^[3] In this book it is used for a Na’vi infix ‹äng› that expresses negative speaker affect, not restricted to contempt, but including boredom, misery, or any negative emotion. ...
- A form which has an unfavourable or disparaging meaning. Some of the affective suffixes of Spanish are pejorative.
- adj. Embodying a low opinion; said of words. 'Pigheaded', as contrasted to 'resolute'. The word 'dog', when used in reference to human beings, is an extremely pejorative term, embodying more contempt than most obscenities. ...
- (adj) - negative in connotation