vilipend
VerbWordNet 3.0
Verb (1)
- belittle“The teacher should not deprecate his student's efforts”Synonyms: deprecatedepreciate
Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)
Vilipend \Vil"i*pend\, v. t. [L. vilipendere; vilis vile + pendere to weigh, to value: cf. F. vilipender.] To value lightly; to depreciate; to slight; to despise. [1913 Webster]
To vilipend the art of portrait painting. --Longfellow. [1913 Webster]