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disparagedisparage /dɪˈspærɪdʒ/ verb [transitive] formal ETYMOLOGYdisparageOrigin: 1200-1300 Old French desparagier to marry below one’s social class, from parage rank VERB TABLEdisparage |
Present | I, you, we, they | disparage | | he, she, it | disparages | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | disparaged | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have disparaged | | he, she, it | has disparaged | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had disparaged | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will disparage | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have disparaged |
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Present | I | am disparaging | | he, she, it | is disparaging | | you, we, they | are disparaging | Past | I, he, she, it | was disparaging | | you, we, they | were disparaging | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been disparaging | | he, she, it | has been disparaging | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been disparaging | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be disparaging | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been disparaging |
to use criticism to show that you do not think someone or something is very good or important: He never missed the opportunity to disparage his coworkers. [Origin: 1200–1300 Old French desparagier to marry below one’s social class, from parage rank]—disparagement noun [countable, uncountable] |