DISPARAGE

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Present simple: I / you / we / they disparage ... he / she / it disparages

Past simple: disparaged

Past participle: disparaged

-ing form: disparaging

Meaning:

Express a negative opinion of

Example:

She disparaged her student's efforts

Synonyms:

belittle; disparage; pick at

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Hypernyms (to "disparage" is one way to...):

criticise; criticize; knock; pick apart (find fault with; express criticism of; point out real or perceived flaws)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "disparage"):

pan; tear apart; trash (express a totally negative opinion of)

discredit; disgrace (damage the reputation of)

belittle; denigrate; derogate; minimize (cause to seem less serious; play down)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody

Antonym:

flatter (praise somewhat dishonestly)

Derivation:

disparagement (the act of speaking contemptuously of)

disparagement (a communication that belittles somebody or something)

disparager (one who disparages or belittles the worth of something)