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98 lines
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{
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"pejorative":{
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"intended to make a person or thing seem of little importance or value":{
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"examples":[
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"the reviewer used the pejorative word \"versifier\" to refer to the writer, whose poems had struck a responsive chord with the general public"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"belittling",
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"contemptuous",
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"decrying",
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"degrading",
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"demeaning",
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"denigrative",
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"denigratory",
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"deprecatory",
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"depreciative",
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"depreciatory",
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"derisory",
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"derogative",
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"derogatory",
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"detractive",
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"disdainful",
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"disparaging",
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"scornful",
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"slighting",
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"uncomplimentary"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"aspersing",
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"calumnious",
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"defamatory",
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"insulting",
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"libelous",
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"libellous",
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"maligning",
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"slandering",
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"slanderous",
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"vilifying",
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"abusive",
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"opprobrious",
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"scurrilous",
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"catty",
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"cruel",
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"despiteful",
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"hateful",
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"malevolent",
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"malicious",
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"malign",
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"malignant",
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"mean",
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"nasty",
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"spiteful",
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"unkind",
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"virulent",
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"critical",
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"denunciative",
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"denunciatory",
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"acrimonious",
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"bitter",
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"envious",
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"jaundiced",
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"jealous",
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"rancorous",
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"resentful",
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"acrid",
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"caustic",
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"scathing",
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"venomous"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"admiring",
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"adulatory",
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"applauding",
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"approving",
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"friendly",
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"positive",
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"appreciative",
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"respectful",
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"kind",
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"kindhearted",
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"kindly",
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"sympathetic",
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"unmalicious",
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"warm",
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"warmhearted"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"commendatory",
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"complimentary",
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"laudative",
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"laudatory"
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]
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},
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"type":[
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"adjective"
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]
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}
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} |