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elittle = vilipend = denigrate = derogate > derogatory ~ slighting = pejorative
prerogative = privilege = perquisite
• (belittle)- to regard or portray as less impressive or important than
appearances indicate; depreciate; disparage, ( , /
); We berate ourselves, belittle, efface ourselves, because we
do not see the larger, diviner man in us. — Pushing to the Front;
• (vilipend)- to speak ill of; disparage; Continental Democratic Movement,
have in their leading-articles shown themselves disposed to vilipend the late
Manchester — Past and Present;
• (denigrate)- to speak damagingly of; criticize in a derogatory manner; sully;
defame, ( , ); Exclusionary religious practices do
not denigrate or stigmatize members of other faiths;
• (derogatory)- tending to lessen the merit or reputation of a person or thing;
disparaging; depreciatory, ( ; ); Generally any depiction
of a black cat is derogatory, portraying the animal as evil as its master. —
Brothers Majere;
• (slighting)- derogatory and disparaging; belittling, ( , /
); My readers will understand that my general expressions,
where slighting or contemptuous, refer to the ignorant, who teach before
they have learned. — A Budget of Paradoxes, Volume I (of II);
• (pejorative)- having a disparaging, derogatory, or belittling effect or force,
( , ); The pejorative was a slap in my face. — Asimov's
Science Fiction;
• (prerogative)- a right, privilege, etc., limited to a specific person or to
persons of a particular category, ( ,
, ); This is prerogative, and not to be limited by our
municipal rules. — Essays by Ralph Waldo Emerson;
• (perquisite)- an incidental payment, benefit, privilege, or advantage over
and above regular income, salary, or wages, (
); The rougher part becomes the laborers’ perquisite, and they can also
purchase wood at a nominal rate from their employers. — Hodge and His
Masters;
humility > humiliate = chagrin = abase = mortify = demean
• (humility)- humbleness of spirit, ( ; ; ; ;
); It is important for us to realize that as human beings,
our humility should be our strength and our integrity our greatness;
• (humiliate)- to cause (a person) a painful loss of pride, self-respect, or