disparaging
41pejorative — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. disparaging, depreciating. See detraction. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. disparaging, derogatory, deprecatory, derisive; see rude 2 . III (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) (VOCABULARY WORD) a. [pi JOR uh… …
42derogatory — derogatory, depreciatory, depreciative, disparaging, slighting, pejorative mean designed or tending to belittle. Derogatory may be used of one s own action or activity that tends to detract from his reputation or to lower him in the estimation of …
43Nigga — This article is about nigga as a colloquial reference. For the racial slur, see Nigger. For the Panamanian singer known as Nigga, see Flex (singer). Listen to this article (info/dl) …
44Women in the United States judiciary — The number of women in the United States judiciary has increased as more women have entered law school. Breaking into the field of law The entry of women into the legal profession was continuously thwarted by the general impression that women… …
45nigger — /nig euhr/, n. 1. Slang: Extremely Disparaging and Offensive. a. a black person. b. a member of any dark skinned people. 2. Slang: Extremely Disparaging and Offensive. a person of any race or origin regarded as contemptible, inferior, ignorant,… …
46nigger — nig•ger [[t]ˈnɪg ər[/t]] n. usage: The term nigger is now probably the most offensive word in English. Its degree of offensiveness has increased markedly in recent years, although it has been used in a derogatory manner since at least the… …
47faggot — noun Etymology: earlier and dialect, contemptuous word for a woman or child, probably from 1fagot Date: 1914 usually disparaging a male homosexual • faggotry noun, usually disparaging • faggoty adjective, usually disparaging …
48Romish — adjective Date: 1531 usually disparaging Roman Catholic • Romishly adverb, usually disparaging • Romishness noun, usually disparaging …
49pansy — I. noun (plural pansies) Etymology: Middle English pancy, pensee, from Middle French pensée, from pensée thought, from feminine of pensé, past participle of penser to think, from Latin pensare to ponder more at pensive Date: 15th century 1. a… …
50bait and switch — n: a fraudulent or deceptive sales practice in which a purchaser is attracted by advertisement of a low priced item but then is encouraged to purchase a higher priced one – called also bait advertising; Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law.… …
