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disparage
Meaning: to speak of in a slighting or belittling way
disparage in a sentence
How disparage is used in real sentences:
The critic disparaged the film as a lazy retread of old ideas.
He often disparaged his rival's work to make his own look better.
“Len began to disparage rye buns as heavy country food, insisting with dogmatic certainty that festival customers would reject them.”
— from the passage Before Sunrise
Synonyms for disparage
Other words for disparage — belittle, deride and demean — carry the same meaning.
- belittle
- deride
- demean
Antonyms of disparage
Words that mean the opposite of disparage:
- praise
- commend
Where it comes from
From Old French desparagier 'to degrade in rank'
Word parts
- dis — apart, away
disparage: dis- (down) + parage (rank)
Memory hook
DIS-parage sounds like 'DIS respect a PARAGraph' — you tear down someone's work with dismissive words.