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307. Derogatory - CAE Adjectives - CAE Vocabulary - Derogatory / Derogatorily / Derogate

by 정이로운 잉여생활 2022. 10. 12.
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Derogatory : 경멸적인, 비판적인, 모욕적인

Derogatorily : 경멸적으로, 모욕적으로, 비판적으로

Derogate : 폄하하다, 무시하다

 

if you make derogatory comments about something, you are expressing your disapproval

you are just saying that something is bad and you don't like it

derogatory comments about my cooking

critics talk derogatorily about him 

they wrote derogatory about him

derogatory remarks

the disparaging to say that something's no good

to criticize something

it's a slight 

it's criticism

disparaging, slating, belittling, unfavorable, unflattering, uncomplimentary, depreciative, pejorative

lessening its worth

insulting it

detracting from it 

something criticism with a disrespectful attitude

to take away from

to detract from

but notice, verb to derogate, I would give this 8 in formality, it's not used, means to disparage, detract form 

 

 

Formality : 6.5

 

 

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