disparagement
noun
the act of disparaging.
self-disparagement
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a word derived from
disparagement.
Example Sentences
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Yet, surely, his depressions, nightmares and frequent self-disparagement must have been partly caused by an awareness that he never really mattered in the eyes of the academy.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 1, 2017
The painter Alfred Leslie, at another dinner with the Arbuses, found himself squirming at Diane’s nonstop, searing self-disparagement.
From New York Times ● May 26, 2016
In his modest self-disparagement, D. Wragg again became quite mechanical in his fits and starts, ending by crumpling up the newspaper, and sweeping an empty cage from the counter with his turnip-sowing arm.
From A Little World by George Manville Fenn
They have so utterly failed that they have lost their vital confidence, and they have become pathetic victims of self-disparagement.
From The Whole Armour of God by John Henry Jowett
Mrs. Lodge told him her errand; and then with words of self-disparagement he examined her arm.
From Wessex Tales by Thomas Hardy
