PEJORATIVE Meaning of PEJORATIVE in English adj. & n.adj. (of a word, an expression, etc.) depreciatory. n. a depreciatory word. pejoratively adv.[ F péjoratif -ive f. LL pejorare make worse (pejor) ] Concise Oxford English dictionary. Краткий оксфордский словарь английского языка. 2012