disparage

Definitions  ·  Examples  ·  Pronunciations  ·  Etymologies  ·  Related  ·  Statistics  ·  Comments (1)  · 
“
So they are being paid to be at the RNC and to mock, disparage, and otherwise "objectively" cover the proceedings for their job.

View all »
Definitions (11)

Toggle American Heritage definitions American Heritage Dictionary (2)

  1. transitive verb To speak of in a slighting or disrespectful way; belittle. See Synonyms at decry.
  2. transitive verb To reduce in esteem or rank.

Toggle Century definitions Century Dictionary (6)

Toggle GNU Webster definitions GNU Webster's 1913 (2)

Toggle WordNet definitions WordNet (1)

Toggle elsewhere links Elsewhere on the web

View all »
Examples (50)

  • A malicious proverb, spoken as if those whom we disparage were deriving their success from bad causes. —  Reminiscences of Scottish Life and Character
  • I glanced at him to see if the remark was meant to disparage, but his expression was mild. —  Muller, Marcia - Elena Oliverez 02 - Legend of the Slain Soldiers UC HTML
  • And while Conhoon was quick to disparage, slow to give thanks, and constitutionally incapable of speaking a word of praise, he never raised a hand to her. —  FSFOct/Nov2004
  • So they are being paid to be at the RNC and to mock, disparage, and otherwise "objectively" cover the proceedings for their job. —  UrbanGrounds
  • If there are clinical studies saying that these smart drugs are safe, who the ***** are you to disparage or deny their use by others. —  digg.com: Stories / Popular
More examples »
 

Tags

disparage hasn't been tagged yet.

Sign up or sign in to add tags.

Stats

This word has been looked up 273 times.

stop updating
On Twitter

Photos from

flickr images

Add a related word »
Related

Roget's II Roget's II: The New Thesaurus

Allen's Allen's Synonyms and Antonyms

Suggestions Wordniks Suggest

Used in the same contextWord Family

disparage:   disparaged ·  disparaging
Roget's II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition by the Editors of the American Heritage® Dictionary. Copyright © 2003, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Etymologies (3)

Toggle American Heritage etymologies American Heritage Dictionary (1)

  1. Middle English disparagen, to degrade, from Old French desparager : des-, dis- + parage, high birth (from per, peer; see peer2).

Toggle Century etymologies Century Dictionary (2)

  1. from Middle English disparage, from Old French desparage, an unequal marriage, from des- priv. + parage, equal rank, rank: see parage, peerage. Cf. disparage, v.
  2. from Middle English disparagen, desparagen, from Old French desparager, desparagier, marry to one of inferior condition or rank, offer unworthy conditions, disparage, from des- privative + parage, equal rank, rank: see disparage, n.
 

Pronunciations
Record your own »
/dɪsˈpærədʒ/
by American Heritage

Charts
frequency chart

Bubble size: how much this word was used in a year

Bubble height: used more or less than expected, vs. all uses evenly distributed

You can expect to see this word several times a year.

Recently looked up

Denying · seu · vitamin · phenomenology · bm

Recent Favorites

pygopagus · sanglant · Astacus · sweetbread · qualms

Recent Pronunciations

Der dicke Dachdecker deckte dir dein Dach, drum dank dem dicken Dachdecker, dass der dicke Dachdecker dir dein Dach deckte. · weitläufig · und wenn sie nicht gestorben sind, so leben sie noch heute · redescheu · selbstverständlich