disparaging

4 definitions found

disparaging - 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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  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.
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disparaging - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  disparaging
      adj 1: expressive of low opinion; "derogatory comments";
             "disparaging remarks about the new house" [syn:
             derogative, derogatory, disparaging]

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