Hypertext Webster Gateway: "disparagement"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Disparagement \Dis*par"age*ment\, n. [Cf. OF. desparagement.]
1. Matching any one in marriage under his or her degree;
injurious union with something of inferior excellence; a
lowering in rank or estimation. [Eng.]

And thought that match a foul disparagement.
--Spenser.

2. Injurious comparison with an inferior; a depreciating or
dishonoring opinion or insinuation; diminution of value;
dishonor; indignity; reproach; disgrace; detraction; --
commonly with to.

It ought to be no disparagement to a star that it is
not the sun. --South.

Imitation is a disparagement and a degradation in a
Christian minister. --I. Taylor.

Syn: Indignity; derogation; detraction; reproach; dishonor;
debasement; degradation; disgrace.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

disparagement
n 1: a communication that belittles somebody or something [syn: {depreciation},
{derogation}]
2: the act of speaking contemptuously of [syn: {dispraise}]

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