| derogatory |
| 1. adj. (usually with to) Tending to derogate, or lessen in value of someone; expressing derogation; detracting | |
| 2. adj. (legal, of a clause in a testament) Being or pertaining to a derogatory clause. | |
| 3. n. A trade-line on a credit report that includes negative credit history. | |
| vulgar |
| 1. adj. Debased, uncouth, distasteful, obscene. | |
| 2. adj. (classical sense) Having to do with ordinary, common people. | |
| 3. n. (classicism) A common, ordinary person. | |
| spiteful |
| 1. adj. Filled with, or showing, spite; having a desire to annoy or harm. | |
| or |
| 1. conj. Connects at least two alternative words, phrases, clauses, sentences, etc. each of which could make a passage true. In English, this is the "inclusive or." The "exclusive or" is formed by "either(...) | |
| In Ohio, anyone under the age of 18 who wants a tattoo or body piercing needs the consent of a parent or guardian. | |
| He might get cancer, or be hit by a bus, or God knows what. | |
| 2. conj. (logic) An operator denoting the disjunction of two propositions or truth values. There are two forms, the inclusive or and the exclusive or. | |
| 3. conj. Counts the elements before and after as two possibilities. | |
| 4. conj. Otherwise (a consequence of the condition that the previous is false). | |
| It's raining! Come inside or you'll catch a cold! | |
| 5. conj. Connects two equivalent names. | |
| The country Myanmar, or Burma | |
| 6. n. (logic, electronics) alternative form of OR | |
| 7. n. (tincture) The gold or yellow tincture on a coat of arms. | |
| 8. adj. (tincture) Of gold or yellow tincture on a coat of arms. | |
| 9. adv. (obsolete) Early (on). | |
| 10. adv. (obsolete) Earlier, previously. | |
| 11. prep. (now archaic, or dialect) Before; ere. | |
| malevolent |
| 1. adj. having or displaying ill will; wishing harm on others | |
| 2. adj. having an evil or harmful influence | |
| catty |
| 1. adj. (informal, of a person or remark) With subtle hostility in an effort to hurt, annoy or upset, particularly among women. | |
| 2. adj. (informal) Resembling or characteristic of a cat. | |
| a catty smell | |
| 3. n. A (unit of) weight used in China, generally standardized as half a kilogram. | |
