What does niggery mean?
Niggery means (derogatory, ethnic slur, offensive) Of or like a nigger..
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/ˈnɪɡəɹi/ · adjective
(derogatory, ethnic slur, offensive) Of or like a nigger..
She remembered the hot sun, the soft red earth under her sick head, the niggery smell of the cabin behind the ruins of Twelve Oaks, remembered the refrain her heart had beaten […]
[…] hearing only voodoo incantations and wicked spells and niggery maledictions and sorcery thrown his way.
Reba's high-minded, skinned grandmother “had taught me that it was good fashion to dress simply and not wear loud colors and earrings and fake jewelry. I was at the age when girls love flashy stuff, but Gran called that 'niggery.'” Reba knew “niggery” when she saw it and so altered her own presentation of self.
Use niggery when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Niggery means (derogatory, ethnic slur, offensive) Of or like a nigger..
Common synonyms include niggeresque, niggerish, niggerlike.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
She remembered the hot sun, the soft red earth under her sick head, the niggery smell of the cabin behind the ruins of Twelve Oaks, remembered the refrain her heart had beaten […]
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