disparage

[dih-spar-ij]

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verb (used with object), dis·par·aged, dis·par·ag·ing.

to speak of or treat slightingly; depreciate; belittle: Do not disparage good manners.

to bring reproach or discredit upon; lower the estimation of: Your behavior will disparage the whole family.

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Origin of disparage

1250–1300; Middle English < Anglo-French, Old French desparag(i)er to match unequally, equivalent to des- dis-¹ + -parag(i)er, derivative of parage equality, equivalent to par(er) to equalize (< Latin parāre; see peer¹) + -age -age

SYNONYMS FOR disparage

1. ridicule, discredit, mock, demean, denounce, derogate.

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Related formsdis·par·ag·er, nounun·dis·par·aged, adjective

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Examples from the Web for disparage

You have to be sexy, but remember that your sexuality can and will be used at any point in time to disparage you.
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Whether or not the team “intends” to disparage anyone, they are.
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The enumeration in the Constitution, of certain rights, shall not be construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people.
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They disparage his trip to a Navy shipbuilder as a “road show.”
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I do NOT disparage the Asian community, but the fact is there r some bizs that can do better!
Washington D.C. ‘Mayor for Life’ Marion Barry’s Most Outrageous Lines|Caitlin Dickson|May 23, 2012|DAILY BEAST
I have no wish to disparage the strategical and tactical ability which were displayed in the conduct of the campaign.
Political and Literary essays, 1908-1913|Evelyn Baring
Accordingly he is not sparing of invective against those who so disparage his race.
Notes and Queries, Number 69, February 22, 1851|Various
We do not wish to disparage the work at all, or any more than is necessary to let the public know exactly what it is.
British Quarterly Review, American Edition, Vol. LIII|Various
To the patient who does, he will ridicule it, and disparage Sir Almroth.
The Doctor's Dilemma: Preface on Doctors|George Bernard Shaw
He was present at the siege of Toulon, and has striven in his "Mémoires" to disparage Buonaparte's services and exalt his own.
The Life of Napoleon I (Volumes, 1 and 2)|John Holland Rose

British Dictionary definitions for disparage

disparage

verb (tr)

to speak contemptuously of; belittle

to damage the reputation of

Derived Formsdisparagement, noundisparager, noundisparaging, adjectivedisparagingly, adverb

Word Origin for disparage

C14: from Old French desparagier, from des- dis- 1 + parage equality, from Latin par equal

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Word Origin and History for disparage

disparage

early 14c., "degrade socially," from Old French desparagier (Modern French déparager) "reduce in rank, degrade, devalue, depreciate," originally "to marry unequally," and thus by extension the disgrace or dishonor involved in this, from des- "away" (see dis-) + parage "rank, lineage" (see peer (n.)). Sense of "belittle" first recorded 1530s. Related: Disparaged; disparaging; disparagingly.