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  • 21pejorative — 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… …

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  • 22bad mouth (someone) — {v.}, {slang} To say uncomplimentary or libelous things about someone; deliberately to damage another s reputation. * /It s not nice to had mouth people./ …

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  • 23bad mouth (someone) — {v.}, {slang} To say uncomplimentary or libelous things about someone; deliberately to damage another s reputation. * /It s not nice to had mouth people./ …

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  • 24Deprecative — Dep re*ca*tive (d[e^]p r[ e]*k[asl]*t[i^]v), a. [L. deprecativus: cf. F. d[ e]pr[ e]catif.] Serving to deprecate; deprecatory. [1913 Webster] Syn: belittling, derogatory, pejorative, disparaging, depreciative, deprecatory, depreciatory,… …

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  • 25Deprecatively — Deprecative Dep re*ca*tive (d[e^]p r[ e]*k[asl]*t[i^]v), a. [L. deprecativus: cf. F. d[ e]pr[ e]catif.] Serving to deprecate; deprecatory. [1913 Webster] Syn: belittling, derogatory, pejorative, disparaging, depreciative, deprecatory,… …

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  • 26brickbat — noun Etymology: brick + 1bat (lump, fragment) Date: 1579 1. a fragment of a hard material (as a brick); especially one used as a missile 2. an uncomplimentary remark …

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  • 27dyslogistic — adjective Etymology: dys + logistic (as in eulogistic) Date: 1812 uncomplimentary • dyslogistically adverb …

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  • 28Abner Doubleday — Infobox Military Person name=Abner Doubleday born= birth date|1819|6|26 died= death date and age|1893|1|26|1819|6|26 caption=Abner Doubleday placeofbirth=Ballston Spa, New York placeofdeath=Mendham, New Jersey placeofburial=Arlington National… …

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  • 29Artist — The definition of an artist is wide ranging and covers a broad spectrum of activities to do with creating art, practicing the arts and/or demonstrating an art. The normal meaning in both everyday speech and academic discourse is a practitioner in …

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  • 30English words with uncommon properties — For the purposes of this article, any word which has appeared in a recognised general English dictionary published in the 20th century or later is considered a candidate. For interest, some archaic words, non standard words and proper names are… …

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