1.
[syn: derogative, derogatory, disparaging]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Disparage \Dis*par"age\ (?; 48), v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Disparaged; p. pr. & vb. n. Disparaging.] [OF.
desparagier, F. d['e]parager, to marry unequally; pref. des-
(L. dis-) + F. parage extraction, lineage, from L. par equal,
peer. See Peer.]
1. To match unequally; to degrade or dishonor by an unequal
marriage. [Obs.]
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Alas! that any of my nation
Should ever so foul disparaged be. --Chaucer.
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2. To dishonor by a comparison with what is inferior; to
lower in rank or estimation by actions or words; to speak
slightingly of; to depreciate; to undervalue.
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Those forbidding appearances which sometimes
disparage the actions of men sincerely pious. --Bp.
Atterbury.
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Thou durst not thus disparage glorious arms.
--Milton.
Syn: To decry; depreciate; undervalue; underrate; cheapen;
vilify; reproach; detract from; derogate from; degrade;
debase. See Decry.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
disparaging \disparaging\ adj.
expressing a low opinion of; same as derogatory; as,
disparaging remarks about the new house.
Syn: belittling, depreciative, deprecatory, depreciatory,
derogative, derogatory, detractive, detracting,
slighting, pejorative, denigratory.
[WordNet 1.5]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
disparaging
adj 1: expressive of low opinion; "derogatory comments";
"disparaging remarks about the new house" [syn:
derogative, derogatory, disparaging]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
59 Moby Thesaurus words for "disparaging":
abusive, aweless, back-biting, belittling, bitchy, blackening,
blameful, calumniatory, calumnious, catty, censorious,
condemnatory, contemptuous, contumelious, damnatory, defamatory,
denunciatory, deprecative, deprecatory, depreciative, depreciatory,
derisive, derisory, derogative, derogatory, detracting, detractory,
disadvantageous, discourteous, disrespectful, execrating,
execrative, execratory, impudent, insolent, invective, inveighing,
irreverent, judgmental, libelous, minimizing, objurgatory,
pejorative, priggish, reproachful, reprobative, reviling,
ridiculing, scandalous, scoffing, scurrile, scurrilous, slanderous,
slighting, uncomplimentary, underrating, undervaluing, vilifying,
vituperative