Learn DEROGATORY from example sentences; some of them are from classic books. These examples are selected from a corpus with 300,000 sentences, including classic works and current mainstream media. Some sentences also link to their contexts.
1. The word 'pig' is a derogatory term for policeman.
2. I no longer care what they say of me, but I feel every word derogatory of you.
3. Besides, it seemed to him that the society of women was rather derogatory to his manhood.
4. To have imposed any derogatory work upon him, would have been to inflict a wanton insult on the feelings of a most respectable man.
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