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Pejorate
Translation of "pejorate" into Russian
pejorate
Verb
UK
/pɪˈdʒɔːreɪt/
US
/pɪˈdʒɔːreɪt/
pejorate
pejorates
pejorated Past Simple / Past Participle
pejorating Gerund
The new policy may pejorate the current situation.
Новая политика может ухудшить текущую ситуацию.
Definitions
pejorate
Verb
UK
/pɪˈdʒɔːreɪt/
US
/pɪˈdʒɔːreɪt/
To make or become worse; to deteriorate.
The constant criticism only served to pejorate the situation.
Of a word or expression: to acquire or assign a more negative or disparaging meaning; to undergo semantic deterioration.
Linguists note that the term ‘silly’ pejorated from meaning ‘happy’ to meaning ‘foolish’ over the centuries.