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disparage

verb/dɪˈspærɪdʒ/

to speak of in a slighting or belittling way

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disparage in a sentence

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.

Where it comes from

From Old French desparagier 'to degrade in rank'

Memory hook

DIS-parage sounds like 'DIS respect a PARAGraph' — you tear down someone's work with dismissive words.

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