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Pejorative vs Moocher - What's the difference?

pejorative | moocher |

As an adjective pejorative

is .

As a noun moocher is

a person having a tendency to repeatedly ask help of others, especially if they are making little effort to help themselves usually used as a pejorative.

pejorative

English

(wikipedia pejorative)

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Disparaging, belittling or derogatory.

    • Synonyms

    * derogatory * dyslogistic

    Antonyms

    * approbative * eulogistic * meliorative

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A disparaging, belittling, or derogatory word or expression.

    • Synonyms

    * dyslogism * dysphemism

    Antonyms

    * eulogism

    See also

    *

    References

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    moocher

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A person having a tendency to repeatedly ask help of others, especially if they are making little effort to help themselves. Usually used as a pejorative.
  • * 2012 , The Economist, September 22nd, CNN’s woes: Unbiased and unloved
    • When says that 47% of Americans are moochers , or Barack Obama says that entrepreneurs didn’t build their own businesses, partisan viewers crave a partisan response.

    Synonyms

    * sponger