adjective
- tending to lessen the merit or reputation of a person or thing; disparaging; depreciatory: a derogatory remark.
adjective
- tending or intended to detract, disparage, or belittle; intentionally offensive
c.1500, from Late Latin derogatorius, from Latin derogatus, past participle of derogare “to take away, detract from, diminish,” also “repeal partly, restrict, modify,” from de- “away” (see de-) + rogare “ask, question, propose” (see rogation).