derogatory

Adjective complement with noun phrase

• say: The children were coached not to cry or ask questions, and above all to say nothing derogatory about Saddam.
• have: Luckily, she had had nothing derogatory or confidential to say!
• write: Signed copy arrived today ( either that or their admin assistant wrote something derogatory on the cover!
• find: Ian Seager himself had flown down in a Cirrus and was struggling to find something derogatory to say about it.

Modifies a noun

• remark: I welcome the derogatory remarks made by Gerry Adams.
• connotation: Why should Muhammad use a name with such derogatory connotations, instead of his original name which has no such " historical " baggage.
• manner: Why condemn in a derogatory manner the sovereign actions of nearly half of the Chilean citizens.
• comment: Holding up a mirror to bounce the derogatory comments right back where they belong.
• treatment: There is also a moral right to object to derogatory treatment of work.
• term: A member of the General Synod of the Anglican Church said this was " a rather derogatory term " .

Modifying Another Word

• somewhat: Nowadays it is a light-hearted if somewhat derogatory term.
• rather: A member of the General Synod of the Anglican Church said this was " a rather derogatory term " .
• highly: To call anyone a pig or a dog was highly derogatory for they were ritually unclean animals.
• not: The points I've made are not derogatory toward these excellent organizations.
• slightly: Moderns being the slightly derogatory term applied by the rival Atholl Grand Lodge.
• quite: All the pre-match chat about them being no-hopers was quite derogatory.

Used with adjective complement

• consider: Their old name of Lapps is now considered derogatory.
• sound: Councilor McBride said his remarks were not meant to sound derogatory.
• deem: Many of the words that were once in common use are now deemed derogatory by the people they are used to describe.