Bob was making pejorative remarks about his customers behind their backs, so I had to fire him.
The term "geek" was once considered pejorative but has since been reclaimed by many as a badge of honor.
The use of pejorative language can be hurtful and offensive to others.
The use of the word "squaw" in reference to Indigenous women is considered disrespectful and derogatory. It is recommended to avoid using the term and to refer to Indigenous women by their specific tribal or cultural identity.
The hunter stalked silently through the forest, eyes trained on its prey.
She was able to achieve her goals through clever manipulation of the situation.
This is a sentence using a pronoun.The word this is a demonstrative pronoun.
The use of pejorative language can be hurtful and offensive to others.
A word or phrase is pejorative if it expresses contempt or disapproval about the thing or person described. Most pejorative expressions may also be used in a non-pejorative way, however, and (as with any implied meaning) determining the intent of the speaker is problematic.Although pejorative means the same thing as disparaging, the latter term may be applied to a look or gesture as well as to words and phrases.Sometimes a term may begin as a pejorative word and eventually grow to have a non-pejorative sense.
The smallest owl in Europe is the Eurasian Pygmy Owl. Some people consider the word 'pygmy' to be a pejorative term.
I am not writing a sentence using that word.
I can give you a sentence using the word galaxy.
a sentence using the word endotracheal
This is a sentence using the word aviator.
It is not wise to be pejorative all the time, but it is better to be benign.
I am saying a sentence using the word collagen.
This is a sentence using the word monomer. :P
this is a sentence using the word armchair.
Pejorative prefixes and suffixes attach a negative meaning to a word. An example of a pejorative prefix is dis-: disinformation, disconnect, disloyal, and disagree.