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disparaging Definition


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disparage
verb
    disparaged, disparaging
    1. To speak of someone or something with contempt.
      Thesaurus: slander, denigrate, criticize, put down (slang), belittle, malign, vilify, deride, pooh-pooh, ridicule, depreciate, scorn; Antonym: praise.
Derivative: disparagement
noun
    Etymology: 14c in this sense; originally 13c, meaning ‘to marry below one's class': from French desparager.




    disparaging
    adj
      1. Contemptuous; showing disapproval.
    Derivative: disparagingly
    adverb


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