单词 | disparage |
释义 | † disparagen. Obsolete. 1. Inequality of rank in marriage; an unequal match; disgrace resulting from marriage with one of inferior rank. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > a marriage > [noun] > of persons of unequal rank disparagec1315 disparagement1523 disparaging1528 c1315 Shoreham 54 Ne may hem falle after thys lyf Non on-worth desperage. c1386 G. Chaucer Clerk's Tale 852 Hym wolde thynke it were a disparage To his estaat so lowe for talighte. 1528–30 tr. T. Littleton Tenures (new ed.) f. ixv No disperage shalbe, but where he yt hathe the warde maryeth hym within the age of .xiiii. yere. 1596 E. Spenser Second Pt. Faerie Queene iv. viii. sig. A5v Her friends..Dissuaded her from such a disparage . View more context for this quotation 2. Ill-matchedness; incongruity. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > relationship > equality or equivalence > inequality > [noun] unevenness1398 disparagec1430 inequality1531 unequality?1541 odds1542 unequalness?1548 unegalness1561 imparity1563 disparity1597 disequality1602 disparison1609 inadequation1631 inequivalence1879 c1430 Hymns Virg. (1867) 74 Pride in age Doiþ disperage. 3. Disparagement, dishonour. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disrepute > damage to reputation > degrading or debasement > [noun] debatec1460 disparagement1486 embasement1575 digraduation1577 lessening1579 degraduation1581 disparagea1592 bastardizing1598 debasement1602 deplumation1611 depression1628 vilificationa1631 degradement1641 degrading1646 prostration1647 deprisure1648 embasure1656 embasing1659 debasure1683 degradationc1752 derogation1785 demotion1872 objectification1973 a1592 H. Smith Wks. (1867) II. 481 If I forbear..I blush, I fear His despite and my disparage. 1615 T. Heywood Foure Prentises i, in Wks. (1874) II. 169 I hold it no disparage to my birth, Though I be borne an Earle, to haue the skill And the full knowledge of the Mercers Trade. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1896; most recently modified version published online March 2021). disparagev.ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > a marriage > [verb (transitive)] > marry to social inferior disparagea1375 undermatch1639 1292 Britton iii. iii. §4 Et si acune de juvene age soit marié a tiel ou ele est desparagé. transl. If any female heir of tender years be married where she is disparaged.] a1375 (c1350) William of Palerne (1867) l. 485 I nel leie mi loue so low..desparaged were i disgisili ȝif i dede in þis wise. 1480 W. Caxton Chron. Eng. ccxvii. 204 Moch was this fayr damysel dysparaged sith that she was maryed ayenst al the comune assent of England. 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Apparagé, a maid thats maried vnto her equall, or, thats not disparaged. 1781 S. Johnson Pope in Pref. Wks. Eng. Poets VII. 279 History relates that she was about to disparage herself by a marriage with an inferior. 2. To bring discredit or reproach upon; to dishonour, discredit; to lower in credit or esteem. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disrepute > damage to reputation > detract from [verb (transitive)] > bring discredit on or bring into disrepute unworthyc1230 alosea1325 low1340 ensclaundre1389 foulc1390 disparagea1400 deface1529 depress1550 discredit?1550 ignoblec1590 redound1591 reproach1593 blame1596 nullify1603 scandal1606 sinka1616 even1625 explode1629 disrepute1649 disrepute1651 lese1678 rogue1678 reflect1769 disconsider1849 dispraise1879 a1400 Pistill of Susan 253 Heo keuered vp on hir kneos, and cussed his hand: For I am dampned, I ne dar disparage þi mouþ. c1405 (c1390) G. Chaucer Reeve's Tale (Hengwrt) (2003) l. 351 Who dorste be so bold to disparage My doghter that is come of swich lynage. 1486 Bk. St. Albans B ij b Then is the hawke disparagid for all that yere. 1615 Bp. J. Hall Imprese of God i, in Recoll. Treat. 657 The place oft-times disparages; As, to put the Arke of God into a Cart, or to set it by Dagon. 1691 J. Hartcliffe Treat. Virtues 406 Men disparage Religion who profess it, and do not guide their Actions according to its Doctrines. 1754 S. Foote Knights i. 14 If you tell Father, he'll knock my Brains out; for he says I'll disparage the Family. 1854 D. Brewster More Worlds Pref. 6 A view..calculated to disparage the science of astronomy. a. To lower in position or dignity; to degrade. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disrepute > damage to reputation > degrading or debasement > degrade [verb (transitive)] vile1297 supplanta1382 to bring lowa1387 revilea1393 gradea1400 villain1412 abject?a1439 to-gradea1440 vilifyc1450 villainy1483 disparage1496 degradea1500 deject?1521 disgraduate1528 disgress1528 regrade1534 base1538 diminute1575 lessen1579 to turn down1581 to pitch (a person) over the bar?1593 disesteem1594 degender1596 unnoble1598 disrank1599 reduce1599 couch1602 disthrone1603 displume1606 unplume1621 disnoble1622 disworth?1623 villainize1623 unglory1626 ungraduate1633 disennoble1645 vilicate1646 degraduate1649 bemean1651 deplume1651 lower1653 cheapen1654 dethrone1659 diminish1667 scoundrel1701 sink1706 demean1715 abjectate1731 unglorifya1740 unmagnify1747 undignify1768 to take the shine out of (less frequently from, U.S. off)1819 dishero1838 misdemean1843 downgrade1892 demote1919 objectify1973 1496 (c1410) Dives & Pauper (de Worde) vi. xv. 258/1 Cryste..anentysshed hymself and dysparyched hymselfe in to the lykenesse of a seruaunt. 1548 Hall's Vnion: Henry VI f. clx Lest they shoulde..declare his base byrthe, and lowsy lynage, desparagyng him from his vsurped surname of Mortymer. 1716 J. Addison Drummer i. 1 I'll not disparage my self to be a Servant in a House that is haunted. b. To lower in one's own estimation; to cast down. Obsolete. ΚΠ 1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene ii. x. sig. X4 How shall fraile pen, with feare disparaged, Conceiue such soueraine glory, and great bountyhed? 1620 H. Greenwood Jaylers Jayl-deliv. 8 They that are troubled and amazed at their sinnes, let them not be disparaged. 1705 A. Pope Corr. 25 Jan. (1956) I. 3 I am disparag'd and dishearten'd by your commendations. 4. To speak of or treat slightingly; to treat as something lower than it is; to undervalue; to vilify. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > judgement or decision > misjudgement > misjudge [verb (transitive)] > underestimate or undervalue to make much (also little, nothing, too much, etc.) of (or on)c1395 disprize1480 misprize1483 to make light of1526 extenuate1529 to make the worst ofc1530 seclude?1531 to take (also wrest) to the worst1531 deprisec1550 disparagea1556 undermatch1571 embase1577 underbid1593 underprize1600 underpoise1602 undervalue1611 minorize1615 underspeak1635 underthink1646 underrate1650 minify1676 under-measure1682 underpraise1698 sneeze1806 understate1824 disappreciate1828 under-estimatea1850 minimize1866 to play down1869 worsen1885 to sell short1936 downplay1948 underplay1949 lowball1979 minimalize1979 the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disrepute > damage to reputation > disparagement or depreciation > disparage or depreciate [verb (transitive)] littleeOE low1340 dispraisec1386 minish1402 deroge1427 detractc1449 descryc1450 detrayc1475 dismerit1484 decline1509 vilipend1509 disprize?1518 disable1528 derogatea1530 elevate1541 disparagea1556 detrect1563 debase1565 demerit1576 vilify1586 disgrace1589 detracta1592 besparage1592 enervate1593 obtrect1595 extenuate1601 disvalue1605 disparagon1610 undervalue1611 avile1615 debaucha1616 to cry down1616 debate1622 decry1641 atomize1645 underrate1646 naucify1653 dedignify1654 stuprate1655 de-ample1657 dismagn1657 slur1660 voguec1661 depreciate1666 to run down1671 baffle1674 lacken1674 sneer1706 diminish1712 substract1728 down1780 belittle1789 carbonify1792 to speak scorn of1861 to give one a back-cap1903 minoritize1947 mauvais langue1952 rubbish1953 down-talk1959 marginalize1970 marginate1970 trash1975 neg1987 a1556 T. Cranmer Let. 3 May in G. Burnet Hist. Reformation I. iii. 200 They should not esteem any part of your Graces Honour to be touched thereby, but her Honour only to be clearly disparaged. 1600 W. Shakespeare Much Ado about Nothing iii. ii. 118 I will disparage her no farther, till you are my witnesses. View more context for this quotation a1656 Bp. J. Hall Shaking of Olive-tree (1660) ii. 161 One dares question, yea disparage the sacred Scriptures of God. 1661 E. Hickeringill Jamaica 20 The Composition of..Chocoletta is now so vulgar, that I will not disparage my Reader by doubting his acquaintance in so known a Recipe. a1715 Bp. G. Burnet Hist. Own Time (1724) I. 434 Took it ill of me, that I should disparage the King's evidence. 1839 H. Hallam Introd. Lit. Europe IV. vi. 462 It is a very narrow criticism..which disparages Racine out of idolatry of Shakspeare. 1859 J. S. Mill On Liberty ii. 81 It is the fashion of the present time to disparage negative logic. Derivatives diˈsparaged adj. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disrepute > damage to reputation > disparagement or depreciation > [adjective] > disparaged disparaged1611 undervalued1629 decried1655 cried-down1669 minoritized1945 marginalized1961 the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > condition of being held in contempt > [adjective] despect1447 contemned1552 unesteemeda1557 mongrela1594 cheap1597 disdained1598 scorned1598 despised1599 dog cheap1606 dishonourable1611 disprizeda1616 jadeda1616 disesteemed1618 misprized1702 disparaged1802 unappreciated1828 vilipended1836 flouted1859 mal vu1904 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Desparagé, disparaged. 1802 T. Beddoes Hygëia II. v. 22 Would not the disparaged milk afford wholesome aliment? 1885 W. E. Gladstone Speech in Comm. 23 Feb. A disparaged Government and a doubtful House of Commons. 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