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单词 disparage
释义

Definition of disparage in English:

disparage

verb dɪˈsparɪdʒdəˈspɛrɪdʒ
[with object]
  • Regard or represent as being of little worth.

    he never missed an opportunity to disparage his competitors
    Example sentencesExamples
    • That is not in any way to disparage his two competitors.
    • But when you're living with a person all your life, you, unknowingly, tend to disparage his worth.
    • Perhaps discomforted by these challenges, contemporary critics disparaged the painting.
    • But what we are here concerned to point out is the terrible way in which this treatment of the Cross disparages it and minimizes its importance in the history of redemption.
    • I would say persist and never minimize or disparage yourself or your abilities.
    • Those are the scenes when people in the story, who have disparaged our heroine, get ridiculed, put down and generally put in their place by her.
    • You disparage a woman's driving or mock her way of problem-solving.
    • When US steel companies pursue anti-dumping remedies, the free-trade orthodoxy disparages them as backward protectionists, blocking the future for poorer countries.
    • However, efficacy studies and theoretical speculations should not be disparaged or dismissed.
    • It stated that no advocate would be permitted to make disparaging and derogatory remarks against the presiding judge.
    • It is not in our nature to disparage the city we love or belittle the real successes that are made by our opponents as they did to us over the last three years.
    • A swift response from the editor himself was printed below the letter, saying: ‘We are surprised that our correspondent disparages lentils as an article of diet.’
    • Some critics have disparaged Hogan's emphasis on the love story between the two main characters.
    • For years there were always disparaging remarks about the fact that Rangers had won another title.
    • Worse still, many of them take the opportunity to disparage Norway into the bargain.
    • For the last six years, he has found himself reviled and disparaged by most of America, with every transgression in and out of the ring adding to the image of an unpleasant human being.
    • The problem would be as much the risk of disparaging the concept of Tibet as it would be a risk of offending China.
    • Any overt public criticism or disparaging remarks can result in a loss of face and cause extreme embarrassment.
    • She neither disparages beauty nor celebrates its virtues; instead, she represents beauty as something earthy and embodied.
    • We've all heard disparaging comments about that profession and jokes.
    Synonyms
    belittle, denigrate, deprecate, depreciate, downgrade, play down, deflate, trivialize, minimize, make light of, treat lightly, undervalue, underrate, underestimate
    disdain, dismiss, ridicule, deride, mock, scorn, pour scorn on, scoff at, sneer at, laugh at, laugh off
    run down, defame, decry, discredit, slander, libel, malign, speak ill of, speak badly of, cast aspersions on, impugn, vilify, traduce, revile, criticize, condemn
    North American slur
    informal do down, do a hatchet job on, take to pieces, pull apart, pull to pieces, pick holes in, drag through the mud, hit out at, knock, slam, pan, bash, bad-mouth, pooh-pooh, look down one's nose at
    British informal rubbish, slate, slag off, have a go at
    dated cry down
    archaic hold cheap
    rare misprize, minify, asperse, derogate, calumniate, vilipend, vituperate
    derogatory, deprecating, deprecatory, denigratory, belittling, slighting, insulting, abusive
    critical, scathing, negative, unfavourable, uncomplimentary, uncharitable, unsympathetic
    contemptuous, scornful, snide, derisive, disdainful, sneering
    informal bitchy, catty
    archaic contumelious

Derivatives

  • disparagement

  • noun dɪsˈparɪdʒm(ə)ntdəˈspɛrɪdʒmənt
    • The hidden progressivist agenda on this issue lies in the disparagement of verbal learning.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • In spite of the ongoing disparagement, the yellow metal has continued to shed its ‘barbarous’ reputation, taking out fresh 18-year highs last week.
      • Then the campaign of criticism and disparagement of a good man, Mr Keelty, continued into the Tuesday.
      • As a child these were the teachers who cast large shadows over my progress, or lack of it, and whose constant put-downs and disparagements made school life more miserable than it should have been.
      • But he doesn't care too much about the disparagement.

Origin

Late Middle English (in the sense 'marry someone of unequal rank', also 'bring discredit on'): from Old French desparagier 'marry someone of unequal rank', based on Latin par 'equal'.

  • pair from Middle English:

    Pair comes from Latin paria ‘equal things’, formed from par ‘equal’. Latin par also lies behind compare (Late Middle English) ‘to pair with, bring together’; disparage (Middle English) originally ‘a mis-pairing especially in marriage’, later ‘to discredit’; nonpareil (Late Middle English) ‘not equalled’ (taken directly from the French); par (late 16th century) ‘equal’, a golfing term from L19th; parity [L16] ‘equalness’; peer (Middle English) ‘equal’; and umpire (Middle English) originally noumpere, from the same source as nonpareil, because an umpire is above all the players. A noumpere was later re-interpreted as ‘an umpire’ and the initial ‘n’ was lost.

Rhymes

carriage, Harwich, intermarriage, marriage, miscarriage
 
 

Definition of disparage in US English:

disparage

verbdəˈsperijdəˈspɛrɪdʒ
[with object]
  • Regard or represent as being of little worth.

    he never missed an opportunity to disparage his competitors
    Example sentencesExamples
    • But what we are here concerned to point out is the terrible way in which this treatment of the Cross disparages it and minimizes its importance in the history of redemption.
    • Perhaps discomforted by these challenges, contemporary critics disparaged the painting.
    • Worse still, many of them take the opportunity to disparage Norway into the bargain.
    • For years there were always disparaging remarks about the fact that Rangers had won another title.
    • It is not in our nature to disparage the city we love or belittle the real successes that are made by our opponents as they did to us over the last three years.
    • A swift response from the editor himself was printed below the letter, saying: ‘We are surprised that our correspondent disparages lentils as an article of diet.’
    • Some critics have disparaged Hogan's emphasis on the love story between the two main characters.
    • You disparage a woman's driving or mock her way of problem-solving.
    • We've all heard disparaging comments about that profession and jokes.
    • The problem would be as much the risk of disparaging the concept of Tibet as it would be a risk of offending China.
    • I would say persist and never minimize or disparage yourself or your abilities.
    • Any overt public criticism or disparaging remarks can result in a loss of face and cause extreme embarrassment.
    • That is not in any way to disparage his two competitors.
    • But when you're living with a person all your life, you, unknowingly, tend to disparage his worth.
    • However, efficacy studies and theoretical speculations should not be disparaged or dismissed.
    • For the last six years, he has found himself reviled and disparaged by most of America, with every transgression in and out of the ring adding to the image of an unpleasant human being.
    • Those are the scenes when people in the story, who have disparaged our heroine, get ridiculed, put down and generally put in their place by her.
    • It stated that no advocate would be permitted to make disparaging and derogatory remarks against the presiding judge.
    • When US steel companies pursue anti-dumping remedies, the free-trade orthodoxy disparages them as backward protectionists, blocking the future for poorer countries.
    • She neither disparages beauty nor celebrates its virtues; instead, she represents beauty as something earthy and embodied.
    Synonyms
    belittle, denigrate, deprecate, depreciate, downgrade, play down, deflate, trivialize, minimize, make light of, treat lightly, undervalue, underrate, underestimate
    derogatory, deprecating, deprecatory, denigratory, belittling, slighting, insulting, abusive

Origin

Late Middle English (in the sense ‘marry someone of unequal rank’, also ‘bring discredit on’): from Old French desparagier ‘marry someone of unequal rank’, based on Latin par ‘equal’.

 
 
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