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Despective Moderate

Origin: Latin suffix -ive

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Noun
1

A disparaging/derogatory word or form of a word; a word or form indicative of the speaker's tendency to look down on the referent.

Adjective
1

Disparaging, derogatory; looking down upon.

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Rhyming Words
vive zive give yive jive wive tive rive five bive dive live hive skive blive shive alive snive chive swive
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