derogatory

1. (usually with to) Tending to derogate:Examples: "The Tories […] knew that […] the House which should be the first to come to a resolution would have a great advantage over the other. […] The Commons had determined that, on Monday the twenty-eighth of January, they would take into consideration the state of the nation. The Tory Lords therefore proposed, on Friday the twenty-fifth, to enter instantly on the great business […]. But […] Devonshire moved that Tuesday the twenty-ninth should be the day. “By that time,” he said with more truth than discretion, “we may have some lights from below which may be useful for our guidance.” His motion was carried; but his language was severely censured by some of his brother peers as derogatory to their order."Synonyms: injurioususually

2. (usually with to) Tending to derogate:Examples: "Acts of Parliament derogatory from the power of subsequent Parliaments bind not."Synonyms: injurioususually

3. (usually with to) Tending to derogate:Examples: "Billie Jean King said Friday that the Australian Open’s Margaret Court Arena should have its name changed because of Court’s derogatory comments about gay and transgender people."Synonyms: injurioususually

4. (law, of a clause in a testament) Being or pertaining to a derogatory clause.