pejoratively (puh JOR uh tiv' li) 1. Descriptive of a word, expression, or affix that expresses criticism or disapproval. 2. A designation which tends to make something worse; depreciatory; applied especially to a derivative word in which the meaning of the root word is lowered by the addition of an affix; disparaging. Found on http://www.wordinfo.info/words/index/info/view_unit/1593/