Disparage
[dɪ'spærɪdʒ]
Definition
(verb.) express a negative opinion of; 'She disparaged her student's efforts'.
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Definition
(v. t.) To match unequally; to degrade or dishonor by an unequal marriage.
(v. t.) 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.
(n.) Inequality in marriage; marriage with an inferior.
Editor: Wallace
Synonyms and Synonymous
v. a. Depreciate, decry, reproach, traduce, vilify, defame, undervalue, underrate, underestimate, run down, detract from, derogate from, speak ill of, inveigh against.
Typist: Lottie
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Depreciate, decry, undervalue, derogate, lower, detract, underestimate
ANT:Extol, laud, panegyrize, overestimate, exaggerate
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Definition
v.t. to dishonour by comparison with what is inferior: to lower in rank or estimation: to talk slightingly of.—ns. Dispar′agement; Dispar′ager.—adv. Dispar′agingly.
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Examples
- I never disparage. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- Disparage anything in yourself but your judgment, sir,' said Mrs. Sparsit, laughing. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
- A fine handsome youth he was, and good in his bold way, though some people did disparage him to his poor mother. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- Besides, I never disparage, sir. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- She is to disparage him just as much as she likes, without any check--I suppose because he has been in the law, and the docks, and different things. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- No, I don't like it, and, though he is my liberal benefactor, I disparage him for it. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- Heaven forbid that I should disparage my dear child, but he has--no deportment. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- Faust played upon young Sch?ffer’s vanity, he praised him continually and disparaged Gutenberg, and finally persuaded him they would be better off without the latter. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- They paid high for poor accommodation, and disparaged a place while they pretended to like it: which was exactly the Marshalsea custom. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- Pretty vell, sir,' responded Sam, looking round him in a disparaging manner. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- Don't tell me so--lest I should say something disparaging to your judgment. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
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