examples of pejorative words
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pejorative from The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia. 1  Tending or intended to depreciate or deteriorate, as the sense of a word; giving a low or bad sense to. 2  n. In grammar, a word that depreciates or deteriorates the sense: thus, poetaster is a pejorative of poet, criticaster of critic.
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Academic Essays by Adam Kissel (3) judgmental words such as stupid, dumb, awful, terrible, great, amazing, and so on, unless you explicitly defend your judgment. Some demeaning words such as dumb can almost always be specified better by using a less demeaning, more precise word. (4) socially or culturally unacceptable words.
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Definitions &Translations Sample Sentences & Example Usage. 1  Kim Kardashian: Yes, i'm proud of them. There's power in that. 2  Kamal Nawash: In addition to degrading and objectifying women, posing naked may actually be counterproductive to supporting women’s rights.
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- Euphemism describes a polite, agreeable, or inoffensive word or expression that is used in place of one that is harsh, rude, or offensive. Also, pleasant or inoffensive language used to soften or mask upsetting truths (e.g., to pass on instead of to die). All of us use euphemisms. Because they are so much a part of us, it can be difficult to get through an entire day without using them. Many add a note of humor. Some are simply ridiculous. As writers, we must be careful when using euphemisms for they can get in the way of effective communication. They often distort or conceal.
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Swearing - using bad words 1 racist or sexist words used to hurt someone's feelings. 2  words used to criticise or put someone down.  words that are blasphemous [say blass-fee-mus] which means words that are about someone's god or religion being used as swear words.
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- The underlined words in the sample sentences below are some examples of descriptive adjectives. 1  She brushed her long brown hair. 2  The slender man appeared out of nowhere. 3  You should always eat green leafy vegetables. 4  The fat boy teased the small kids in the park. 5  The spider has hairy legs. 6  The old man asked the pretty girl for food.
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Examples of how to use: Words instead of SAID For example, the word “quietly” cannot be used instead of said, but it can enhance your dialogue. Ms. Maple covered her lips with her index finger until she had the attention of the entire class. “Let's use our inside voices,” she said quietly. Be sure to visit the examples page to see how to use some of these words.
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- Principal Translations. spiteful adjadjective: Describes a noun or pronoun--for example, a tall girl, an interesting book, a big house.. (malicious). malicioso/a adjadjetivo: Describe el sustantivo. Puede ser posesivo, numeral, demostrativo (casa grande, mujer alta). vengativo/a adjadjetivo: Describe el sustantivo.
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- Sample Sentences & Example Usage. W. J. Cameron: The last dejected effort often becomes the winning stroke. Samuel Hoffenstein: When you're away, I'm restless, lonely, wretched, bored, dejected only here's the rub, my darling dear, I feel the same when you're near.
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- A noun used to describe another noun is called an attributive  noun or noun adjunct.    Examples of nouns that can describe a horse are:   carousel horse   com … panion horse   parade horse   plow horse   war horse   water horse . Itatem.ouns are not describing words; adjectives are words that describe a noun. The word 'beach' is a noun. Some adjectives to describe a beach: crowdeddesolatesandywetrockyinte … restingfunrefreshingrelaxingisolated Some nouns that are synonyms for a beach: coastshoreoceanfrontlakefrontlakeshorelakesideseafrontseashoreseasidestrand. 2 people found ....
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- Example Sentences for detrimental. 1  Too much rain at the beginning of the season is detrimental to the growth, while a very dry season is disastrous. 2  The army and navy also exert a detrimental action on sexual life. 3  The boiling process is also detrimental to the texture of the bone.
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- Sample Sentences & Example Usage. 1  William Shakespeare: A plague o' both your houses. 2  Henry Fielding: Make money your god and it will plague you like the devil. 3  Henry Fielding: If you make money your god, it will plague you like the devil. 4  William Shakespeare: The gods are just, and of our pleasant vices Make instruments to plague us.
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- There are bad words as in swear words or words that humans make up as we grow and start to understand different things in a different way. There are bad words that are confu … sing, inappropriate, or misused.  There are some people who use it to insult others, so actually it's  the intent of those people to insult and hurt others … that is bad,  not the word.    Lard is a solid shortening made from pork fat; what you have left  in the pan after cooking bacon.
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Pejorative (February 2014). A pejorative (also called a derogatory term, derogative term, a term of abuse, or a term of disparagement) is a word or grammatical form expressing a low opinion of someone or something, or showing a lack of respect for someone or something.It is also used as a criticism, hostility, disregard and/or disrespect.A term can be regarded as pejorative in some social or cultural groups but not in others. Sometimes, a term may begin as a pejorative and eventually be adopted in a non-pejorative sense (or vice versa) in some or all contexts.t is also used as a criticism, hostility, disregard and/or disrespect. A term can be regarded as pejorative in some social or cultural groups but not in others. Sometimes, a term may begin as a pejorative and eventually be adopted in a non-pejorative sense (or vice versa) in some or all contexts.
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Profanity Profanity is socially offensive language,[1] which may also be called bad language, strong language, offensive language, coarse language, foul language, bad words, vulgar language, lewd language, choice words or expletives. The use of such language is called swearing, cursing or cussing. Used in this sense, profanity is a subset of a language's lexicon that is generally considered to be strongly impolite, rude or offensive. It can show a debasement of someone or something, or show intense emotion. Linguistically, profanity takes the form of words or verbal expressions that fall into the category of formulaic language.
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Examples of Jargon Words Examples of Jargon Words-sometimes used in Business. Ahead in the count If someone refers to your business as one that is ahead in the count, you're doing very well. This is an example of baseball jargon that refers to when the pitcher-ahead in the count-has more strikes than balls against a batter.ome of the most popular examples of jargon words use acronyms (initials) to shorten what would otherwise be a very lengthy term. A SWOT analysis is a business term often used by business consultants. SWOT stands for:
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- 1 That's not a bad day, it's atrocious. 2  Spanking: The only socially-acceptable way to incorporate spanking into a polite conversation is to use it instead of the word good.. 3  Transcendent: If you say something is awesome, you're saying it inspires fear or awe in you.
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- Sample Sentences & Example Usage. 1  Thomas Jefferson: Banking establishments are more dangerous than standing armies. 2  Don McGannon: There's a way of transferring funds that is even faster than electronic banking.
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Pejorative suffix A pejorative suffix is a suffix that attaches a negative meaning to the word or word-stem preceding it. There is frequent overlap between this and the diminutive form. The pejorative suffix may add the sense of a despicable example of the preceding, as in Spanish -ejo. It can also convey the sense of a despicable human having the preceding characteristic; for instance, as in English -el or the development of the word cuckold from Old French cocu cuckoo + -ald, taken into Anglo-Saxon as cok
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Black Radish Side Effects As a member of the cabbage family, black radish contains the same cancer-protective compounds found in broccoli, Brussels sprouts and other members of this large group of temperate-zone vegetables. However, the same chemoprotective substances also have adverse side effects. Anti-Thyroid or Goitrogenic. Black radish, and all members of the cabbage family -- broccoli, Brussels sprouts, cabbage, Chinese cabbage, kale, mustard, turnip and red radish -- can cause goiter because they all contain glucosinolates. Glucosinolates are modified amino acids.
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- Two different canine influenza viruses have been isolated in the US: - CIV H3N2- CIV H3N8 CIV H3N2 just recently emerged in the Chicago outbreak of 2015. This virus is of avian origin and not related to the earlier CIV H3N8 virus, which is of equine origin.
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- French 1882 pejorative ‎(“ péjorative, depreciative ”), disparaging From Late latin, peioratus past participle of ‎(“ peiorare make ”), worse From latin ‎(“ peior ”). Worse Compare english 1644 ‎(“ pejorate to ”), worsen from the same. etymology
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Aprovocative Sample Sentences & Example Usage. 1  Ralph Waldo Emerson: Beware when the great God lets loose a thinker on this planet. 2  Johann von Goethe: We do not have to visit a madhouse to find disordered minds our planet is the mental institution of the universe.
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- Examples of Pejorative Terms in Language Studies. 1  Academese, Bureaucratese , Journalese, and Legalese. 2  Bombast. 3  Broken English. 4  Purism. 5  Purple Prose.
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- Sample Sentences & Example Usage. 1  Gary Frantz: We learned a lot of lessons from last year's polar vortex. 2  Gary Frantz: We learned a lot of lessons from last year’s polar vortex. 3  Peter McWilliams: If our early lessons of acceptance were as successful as our early lessons of anger, how much happier we would all be.
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- Depending on the context, the connotation of a word choice can change the meaning of a sentence considerably. For example, using the words  chick  or babe to refer to a woman often carry a negative connotation, especially if women are part of the audience. Those same words, however, may not cause much offence amongst a group of men talking about Angelina Jolie.