Words similar to derogatory

Example sentences for: derogatory

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"Stinking fish" was a derogatory Elizabethan reference to vaginal odor; and cod--as in cod piece--was slang for penis.
Earlier in this century, pansy became a derogatory epithet to describe an effete male, thereby cheapening forever lines like Shelley's noble image in Adonais (verse XXXIII):
Usually derogatory, and therefore best avoided.
Because of the abomination and shame of anti-Semitism, you tend to respond more sensitively to language reflecting attitudes toward Jews, which is why jew down is both derogatory and offensive while gyp or welch on are relatively innocuous.
As several readers pointed out to me, "Indian country" is a common phrase in the West and has no derogatory connotations.