Hypertext Webster Gateway: "disparaging"

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

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.]

Alas! that any of my nation Should ever so foul
disparaged be. --Chaucer.

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.

Those forbidding appearances which sometimes
disparage the actions of men sincerely pious. --Bp.
Atterbury.

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}.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

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


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