a. 责难的

[ adj ]
expressing disapproval
<adj.all>
dyslogistic terms like `nitwit' and `scalawag'

Dyslogistic \Dys`lo*gis"tic\, a. [Gr. dys- ill, bad, + ?
discourse, fr. ? to speak.]
Unfavorable; not commendatory; -- opposed to {eulogistic}.

There is no course of conduct for which dyslogistic or
eulogistic epithets may be found. --J. F.
Stephen.

The paternity of dyslogistic -- no bantling, but now
almost a centenarian -- is adjudged to that genius of
common sense, Jeremy Bentham. --Fitzed.
Hall.