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disparage (verb), disparages; disparaged; disparaging
1. To speak disapprovingly or contemptuously to someone or something: When Sara was given less pay as a secretary, she disparaged her boss as an idiot who didn't deserve to be a supervisor.
2. To talk about anyone or anything in a disrespectful way; to belittle or "to put down": Sally's administrator was disparaging her as inefficient and unqualified and that she was lucky that he didn't fire her.
To lower in position with actions or words.
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To belittle or to slight and to reduce in esteem.
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disparaging (adjective), more disparaging, most disparaging
A description of something or someone as being undervalued, defamed, deprecated, or discredited: Larry was heard making disparaging remarks about his fellow workers, saying that they took too many coffee breaks or were often supposedly "sick" on Fridays!
Undervaluing and speaking in a negative way about something.
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(a suffix which forms nouns that refer to people who regularly engage in some activity, or who are characterized in a certain way, as indicated by the stem or root of the word; originally, which appeared in Middle English in words from Old French where it expressed an intensive degree or with a pejorative or disparaging application)
Word Entries at Get Words: “disparaging”
disparage, disparages; disparaged; disparaging
To speak of in a disrespectful way about anyone or anything; to belittle or to lower in quality. (2)
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disparaging, more disparaging, most disparaging
A reference to something that is undervalued, deprecated, or considered insignificant. (1)
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