English Explanatory Dictionary

despective

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Disparaging, derogatory; looking down upon.
noun
  1. A disparaging/derogatory word or form of a word; a word or form indicative of the speaker's tendency to look down on the referent.

Word forms

despective more despective most despective despectives

Etymology

From despect + -ive.

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