Disparage

/dɪsˈpæɹɪd͡ʒ/

Synonyms for "disparage" (275 found)

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Closest matches (55)

Verb(10 words)

belittle badmouth badmouthed belittled belittles blasphemed blasphemes calumniated criticize criticizes

abate abrade abstract abuse attack attaint backbite bad-mouth batebe abovebe contemptuous ofbe disrespectfulbe overfamiliar withbelittle bespatter blacken blaspheme blotblow uponbrand

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bring downbring into discreditbring lowcare nothing forcensure cheapen chill condemn contemn criticizecry downcurtail debase decrease decry deduct defame

Noun(7 words)

badmouthing badmouths belittling blaspheme blaspheming bruising churls

Adjective(1 words)

damning

Strong matches (83)

defile degrade deject demean demoralize denigrate deprecate depreciate deride derogatederogate fromdespise detractdetract fromdevaluate devalue diminish disapprovedisapprove ofdisclaim

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discommend discourage discredit disdain disesteem disgrace dishearten dishonor dispirit dispraise disprize disregard disrespect disvalue downgrade draindump oneat awayerode exposeexpose to infamyextractfeel contempt forfeel superior tofile awayflout foul gibbethang in effigyhiss

Verb(25 words)

degrade degrades demean demeans demonizes denigrated denigrates depreciates depreciating derides derogated derogates derogating desecrated despises detracting devalue devalues devaluing discount

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discredits disdained disrespected disrespects dissed

Noun(8 words)

demeaning demonizing denigrating despising disfavor diss disses gimp

Related words (137)

hold beneath onehold cheaphold in contemptimpair impeach insult knockknock downleach lessen libel looklook down uponmake free withmake light ofmake little ofmake nothing ofmalign minimize misestimate

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misprize mocknot respectpillory play purifyput downrank lowreduce refinereflect discredit uponremove reprimand retrench ridiculerub awayrun downscoff scornsell shortset at naughtset little byshave shortenshow disrespect forshrug offslam slander slight slur smear sneersneer atsneeze atsniff atsnortsnort atsoilspeak ill ofstain stigmatize subductsubmit to indignitysubtract sully taint taketake a libertytake awaytake fromtake libertiestake liberties withtalktalk downtarnish thinthin outthink little ofthink nothing oftraducetreat with disrespecttrifle withtrivialize underestimate underprize underrate underreckon undervalue vilify vituperatewear awayweed withdrawwrite off

Verb(18 words)

humiliates judged maligned minimize mockpick atpshaws reviles rubbishes scoffed slandered slurred smeared stigmatizes undervalue vilified vilifies vilipend

Noun(21 words)

insults knocking knockslabel main verbpooh reproaches rubbish rubbishing slag slates slingsslurring soundsslurs smears snob snobs snoots stigmatizing tashmitutter nonentity

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vilifying

Determiner(1 words)

most slurring

Adjective(3 words)

slight amountslight influenceslurred speech pattern

Related word relations

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6 relation types

More general

5 entries

criticise criticize devalue knockpick apart

More specific

6 entries

demean devalue insult minimize slight undervalue

Collocations

6 entries

disparagement by peersdisparagement of evidencedisparagement of ideasharsh disparagementpersonal disparagementpublic disparagement

Inflections

3 entries

disparaged disparages disparaging

Derivations

3 entries

disparagement disparaging disparagingly

Antonyms

1 entries

flatter

Sample sentences

13 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

We shouldn't disparage other people.

Source: tatoeba (2942506)

We didn't mean to disparage our contenders.

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Do not disparage that man.

Source: tatoeba (6900081)

Some diplomats criticized the debate, saying it was intended to disparage the Hague-based International Criminal Tribunal on the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) and, by association, all other international tribunals.

Source: tatoeba (11119216)

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