'Disparaging' definitions:
Definition of 'disparaging'
From: WordNet
adjective
Expressive of low opinion; "derogatory comments"; "disparaging remarks about the new house" [syn: derogative, derogatory, disparaging]
Definition of 'Disparaging'
From: GCIDE
- Disparage \Dis*par"age\ (?; 48), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Disparaged; p. pr. & vb. n. Disparaging.] [OF. desparagier, F. d['e]parager, to marry unequally; pref. des- (L. dis-) + F. parage extraction, lineage, from L. par equal, peer. See Peer.]
- 1. To match unequally; to degrade or dishonor by an unequal marriage. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
- Alas! that any of my nation Should ever so foul disparaged be. --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To dishonor by a comparison with what is inferior; to lower in rank or estimation by actions or words; to speak slightingly of; to depreciate; to undervalue. [1913 Webster]
- Those forbidding appearances which sometimes disparage the actions of men sincerely pious. --Bp. Atterbury. [1913 Webster]
- Thou durst not thus disparage glorious arms. --Milton.
- Syn: To decry; depreciate; undervalue; underrate; cheapen; vilify; reproach; detract from; derogate from; degrade; debase. See Decry. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'disparaging'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abusive,
- aweless,
- back-biting,
- belittling,
- bitchy,
- blackening,
- blameful,
- calumniatory,
- calumnious,
- catty,
- censorious,
- condemnatory,
- contemptuous,
- contumelious,
- damnatory,
- defamatory,
- denunciatory,
- deprecative,
- deprecatory,
- depreciative,
- depreciatory,
- derisive,
- derisory,
- derogative,
- derogatory,
- detracting,
- detractory,
- disadvantageous,
- discourteous,
- disrespectful,
- execrating,
- execrative,
- execratory,
- impudent,
- insolent,
- invective,
- inveighing,
- irreverent,
- judgmental,
- libelous,
- minimizing,
- objurgatory,
- pejorative,
- priggish,
- reproachful,
- reprobative,
- reviling,
- ridiculing,
- scandalous,
- scoffing,
- scurrile,
- scurrilous,
- slanderous,
- slighting,
- uncomplimentary,
- underrating,
- undervaluing,
- vilifying,
- vituperative