About The Word Disparagement

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Disparagement

Disparagement Definition And Meaning |
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What's The Definition Of Disparagement?
[n] the act of speaking contemptuously of
[n] a communication that belittles somebody or something Synonyms | Synonyms for Disparagement: depreciation | derogation | dispraise Related Terms | Find terms related to Disparagement: airs | animadversion | arrogance | aspersion | attaint | attrition | backbiting | backstabbing | badge of infamy | bar sinister | baton | belittlement | bend sinister | black eye | black mark | blot | blur | brand | broad arrow | calumny | censure | champain | clannishness | cliquishness | contempt | contemptuousness | contumely | curtailment | cut | cutting | decrease | decrement | defamation | denigration | depletion | deprecation | depreciation | derogation | despisal | despite | detraction | diminution | dip | discommendation | discourtesy | disdain | disdainfulness | disesteem | dishonor | dispraise | disrespect | disrespectfulness | disvaluation | exclusiveness | extraction | hauteur | impairment | impudence | imputation | insolence | insult | irreverence | lack of respect | lessening | mark of Cain | minimization | misestimation | misprision | misprizal | misprizing | onus | pillorying | point champain | reduction | reflection | remission | reprimand | reproach | retraction | retrenchment | ridicule | scandal | scorn | scornfulness | shortening | shrinkage | slander | slur | smear | smirch | smudge | smutch | sniffiness | snobbishness | snootiness | snottiness | sovereign contempt | spot | stain | stigma | stigmatism | stigmatization | stricture | superciliousness | taint | tale | tarnish | toploftiness | truncation | underestimate | underestimation | underrating | underreckoning | undervaluation See Also | aspersion | belittling | belittling | calumny | condescension | defamation | denigration | denigration | deprecation | detraction | detraction | disapproval | discourtesy | disdain | disrespect | hatchet job | obloquy | patronage | petty criticism | slur | sour grapes | traducement Disparagement In Webster's Dictionary \Dis*par"age*ment\, n. [Cf. OF. desparagement.]
1. Matching any one in marriage under his or her degree;
injurious union with something of inferior excellence; a
lowering in rank or estimation. [Eng.]
And thought that match a foul disparagement.
--Spenser.
2. Injurious comparison with an inferior; a depreciating or
dishonoring opinion or insinuation; diminution of value;
dishonor; indignity; reproach; disgrace; detraction; --
commonly with to.
It ought to be no disparagement to a star that it is
not the sun. --South.
Imitation is a disparagement and a degradation in a
Christian minister. --I. Taylor.
Syn: Indignity; derogation; detraction; reproach; dishonor;
debasement; degradation; disgrace.
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