disparage








verb (used with object), dis·par·aged, dis·par·ag·ing.

  1. to speak of or treat slightingly; depreciate; belittle: Do not disparage good manners.
  2. to bring reproach or discredit upon; lower the estimation of: Your behavior will disparage the whole family.

verb (tr)

  1. to speak contemptuously of; belittle
  2. to damage the reputation of
v.

early 14c., “degrade socially,” from Old French desparagier (Modern French déparager) “reduce in rank, degrade, devalue, depreciate,” originally “to marry unequally,” and thus by extension the disgrace or dishonor involved in this, from des- “away” (see dis-) + parage “rank, lineage” (see peer (n.)). Sense of “belittle” first recorded 1530s. Related: Disparaged; disparaging; disparagingly.

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