disparage
verb (used with object)
to speak of or treat slightingly; depreciate; belittle.
was disparaging
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past progressiveof disparage.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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Even as Paz was disparaging her in the 1950s, some Mexican women rose to defend her, but their protestations didn’t resonate in what was, until relatively recently, a macho-dominated society.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 25, 2026
It was far from consistent when defining what was disparaging, immoral, or scandalous, with individual examining attorneys importing their own personal mores into the examination process.
From Slate ● Feb. 13, 2024
The woman later dropped the lawsuit because she said Kriv was disparaging and intimidating her.
From Salon ● Jun. 6, 2023
Hours after quitting ISIS, he was disparaging the group he had persuaded others to join.
From The New Yorker ● Oct. 21, 2019
Whereat Minnie assumed a slightly molified air, and observed that now he was disparaging himself—a piece of humility which he altogether repudiated.
From Hollowmell or, A Schoolgirl's Mission by E.R. Burden
