disparage
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
disparage /dɪˈsparɪdʒ/
▶verb represent as being of little worth; scorn.
– derivatives
disparagement noun,
disparaging adjective,
disparagingly adverb.
disparagement noun,
disparaging adjective,
disparagingly adverb.
– origin ME (in the sense ‘marry someone of unequal rank’, also ‘bring discredit on’): from OFr. desparagier ‘marry someone of unequal rank’, based on L. par ‘equal’.
'disparage' also found in these Oxford entries:
blackguard
- cry
- denigrate
- depreciate
- derogate
- number
- slur
- tall poppy syndrome
- vituperate
