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disparaging
(encz) | disparaging,pohrdavý adj: Zdeněk Brož |
Disparaging
(gcide) | 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.]
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Alas! that any of my nation
Should ever so foul disparaged be. --Chaucer.
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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.
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Those forbidding appearances which sometimes
disparage the actions of men sincerely pious. --Bp.
Atterbury.
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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.
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disparaging
(gcide) | disparaging \disparaging\ adj.
expressing a low opinion of; same as derogatory; as,
disparaging remarks about the new house.
Syn: belittling, depreciative, deprecatory, depreciatory,
derogative, derogatory, detractive, detracting,
slighting, pejorative, denigratory.
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disparaging
(wn) | disparaging
adj 1: expressive of low opinion; "derogatory comments";
"disparaging remarks about the new house" [syn:
derogative, derogatory, disparaging] |
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disparaging
(encz) | disparaging,pohrdavý adj: Zdeněk Brož |
disparagingly
(encz) | disparagingly,pohrdavě adv: Zdeněk Brož |
disparaging
(gcide) | 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.]
[1913 Webster]
Alas! that any of my nation
Should ever so foul disparaged be. --Chaucer.
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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.
[1913 Webster]
Those forbidding appearances which sometimes
disparage the actions of men sincerely pious. --Bp.
Atterbury.
[1913 Webster]
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.
[1913 Webster]disparaging \disparaging\ adj.
expressing a low opinion of; same as derogatory; as,
disparaging remarks about the new house.
Syn: belittling, depreciative, deprecatory, depreciatory,
derogative, derogatory, detractive, detracting,
slighting, pejorative, denigratory.
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disparagingly
(gcide) | disparagingly \dis*par"a*ging*ly\, adv.
In a manner to disparage or dishonor; slightingly.
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disparaging
(wn) | disparaging
adj 1: expressive of low opinion; "derogatory comments";
"disparaging remarks about the new house" [syn:
derogative, derogatory, disparaging] |
disparagingly
(wn) | disparagingly
adv 1: in a disparaging manner; "these mythological figures are
described disparagingly as belonging `only to a story'"
[syn: disparagingly, slightingly] |
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