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Recent Examples of pejorative The frequent Trump epithet losers would be a suitably pejorative modern equivalent. Graham Robb, The Atlantic, 9 June 2025 Tell us something weird and/or wonderful about the club Bayern were formed in response to pejorative attitudes towards competitive football. Sebastian Stafford-Bloor, New York Times, 7 June 2025 The president blasted Newsom, a potential candidate for the Democratic presidential nomination in 2028, over the issue with a pejorative nickname in a Truth Social post on Tuesday. Elizabeth Crisp, The Hill, 28 May 2025 All of the plaintiffs accused Robinson's wife, Frances Robinson, who is also named as a defendant, of perpetuating a hostile work environment by screaming at them and using ethnically pejorative language. Phil Helsel, NBC news, 8 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for pejorative
Recent Examples of Synonyms for pejorative
Adjective
  • Mimicking the president's style on social media, the governor has posted in all caps and employed insulting nicknames for political opponents.
    Jordan King, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Aug. 2025
  • Those found guilty of criticizing, insulting, defaming or threatening the king, queen, or heir apparent can be jailed for between three and 15 years for each count, with some sentences stretching to 50 years.
    Helen Regan, CNN Money, 21 Aug. 2025
Adjective
  • If bad blood existed or Devers made a derogatory comment, that’s different.
    Troy Renck, Denver Post, 6 Sep. 2025
  • Kilmar Abrego Garcia's legal team asked a federal judge on Thursday to issue a gag order blocking Attorney General Pam Bondi and Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem from making derogatory comments about him in public.
    Sonam Sheth Anna Commander, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Aug. 2025
Adjective
  • The best way to safeguard yourself from malicious links that install malware, which potentially accesses your private information, is to have strong antivirus software installed on all your devices.
    Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 6 Sep. 2025
  • When Tony's security company faces an attack from unknown malicious forces, the family goes on the run across Europe while figuring out who is after them, according to Paramount.
    Mary Walrath-Holdridge, USA Today, 4 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • For decades, Indigenous leaders and advocates across the state and country have been trying to convince school communities that the use of such mascots and logos are inappropriate, demeaning and harmful.
    Frank Vaisvilas, jsonline.com, 29 Aug. 2025
  • One detainee who submitted an account to the court that was referenced by Gregorio described sleeping in foul-smelling facilities and facing demeaning treatment by ICE agents.
    Molly Crane-Newman, New York Daily News, 12 Aug. 2025
Adjective
  • And there would be lots of soldiers around, either Army or National Guard, and the people who were civilians would be young people, very disparaging about the military.
    Steve Baltin, Forbes.com, 24 Aug. 2025
  • The 2023 Economic Report Of The President published in March of 2023 was relatively disparaging of cryptoassets and DLTs.
    Lawrence Wintermeyer, Forbes, 5 Dec. 2024
Adjective
  • This subsided with unusual speed, however, as cricket fans took instead to sharing the self-deprecatory jokes coming over the border.
    The Economist, The Economist, 22 June 2019
  • Philipps has acquired her 1-million-and-growing Instagram followers through her self-deprecatory humor, raw honesty and vulnerability.
    Sonja Haller, USA TODAY, 11 July 2018
Adjective
  • Neither party admitted to liability and each agreed to refrain from making disparaging, negative or uncomplimentary statements about the other, the document said.
    Lorraine Mirabella, Baltimore Sun, 29 July 2022
  • Though the pollen gunk will pass, he's concerned by a contingent of Twitter trolls who've shared uncomplimentary reviews of his recent North American tour.
    Jordan Runtagh, PEOPLE.com, 21 Jan. 2022
Adjective
  • The wit and wordplay never cease, and there’s much pleasure to be drawn from Colman and Cumberbatch spitting McNamara’s contemptuous dialogue with aplomb.
    Katie Walsh, Chicago Tribune, 27 Aug. 2025
  • Some of the reviews and the coverage were so contemptuous.
    Patrick Brzeski, HollywoodReporter, 27 Aug. 2025

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“Pejorative.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pejorative. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.

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