Word Meanings - DISPARAGE - Book Publishers vocabulary database

unequally; pref. des- + F. parage extraction, lineage, from 1. To match unequally; to degrade or dishonor by an unequal marriage. Alas! that any of my nation Should ever so foul disparaged be. Chaucer. 2. To dishonor by a comparison with what

Additional info about word: DISPARAGE

unequally; pref. des- + F. parage extraction, lineage, from 1. To match unequally; to degrade or dishonor by an unequal marriage. Alas! that any of my nation Should ever so foul disparaged be. Chaucer. 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. Those forbidding appearances which sometimes disparage the actions of men sincerely pious. Bp. Atterbury. 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.

Possible synonyms: (Same meaning words of DISPARAGE)

• Abuse
• Injure
• damage
• spoil
• maltreat
• treat-all
• ill-use
• ill-treat
• retile
• scandalize
• disparage
• reproach
• upbraid
• asperse
• malign
• slander
• vituperate
• prostitute
• defame
• pervert
• misuse
• misemploy
• vilify
• Decry
• Depreciate
• traduce
• derogate
• detract
• censure
• abase
• denounce
• Derogate
• Detract
• depreciate
• decry
• deteriorate
• Lessen
• calumniate
• diminish
• Slight Disregard
• disdain
• acorn
• overlook

Possible antonyms: (opposite words of DISPARAGE)

• Laud
• praise
• approve
• commend

Related words: (words related to DISPARAGE)

• COMMENDATOR
  One who holds a benefice in commendam; a commendatary. Chalmers.
• DISREGARDFULLY
  Negligently; heedlessly.
• SLIGHTNESS
  The quality or state of being slight; slenderness; feebleness; superficiality; also, formerly, negligence; indifference; disregard.
• MALIGNANT
  Tending to produce death; threatening a fatal issue; virulent; as, malignant diphtheria. Malignant pustule , a very contagious disease, transmitted to man from animals, characterized by the formation, at the point of reception of the virus, of
• MALIGNITY
  1. The state or quality of being malignant; disposition to do evil; virulent enmity; malignancy; malice; spite. 2. Virulence; deadly quality. His physicians discerned an invincible malignity in his disease. Hayward. 3. Extreme evilness of nature
• DIMINISH
  To make smaller by a half step; to make less than minor; as, a diminished seventh. 4. To take away; to subtract. Neither shall ye diminish aught from it. Deut. iv. 2. Diminished column, one whose upper diameter is less than the lower.
• REPROACHER
  One who reproaches.
• TRADUCENT
  Slanderous. Entick.
• DEFAMER
  One who defames; a slanderer; a detractor; a calumniator.
• APPROVEDLY
  So as to secure approbation; in an approved manner.
• COMMENDER
  One who commends or praises.
• PRAISEWORTHINESS
  The quality or state of being praiseworthy.
• SLANDEROUS
  1. Given or disposed to slander; uttering slander. "Slanderous tongue." Shak. 2. Embodying or containing slander; calumnious; as, slanderous words, speeches, or reports. -- Slan"der*ous*ly, adv. -- Slan"der*ous*ness, n.
• DENOUNCE
  denunciare; de- + nunciare, nuntiare, to announce, report, nuntius a 1. To make known in a solemn or official manner; to declare; to proclaim . Denouncing wrath to come. Milton. I denounce unto you this day, that ye shall surely perish. Deut. xxx.
• TRADUCEMENT
  The act of traducing; misrepresentation; ill-founded censure; defamation; calumny. Shak.
• ACORN
  A cone-shaped piece of wood on the point of the spindle above the vane, on the mast-head. (more info) acorn, Ger. ecker, Icel. akarn, Dan. agern, Goth. akran fruit, akrs 1. The fruit of the oak, being an oval nut growing in a woody cup or cupule.
• DETRACTIVE
  1. Tending to detractor draw. 2. Tending to lower in estimation; depreciative.
• SLIGHTEN
  To slight. B. Jonson.
• ACORN CUP
  The involucre or cup in which the acorn is fixed.
• DISDAINISHLY
  Disdainfully. Vives.
• APPRAISER
  One who appraises; esp., a person appointed and sworn to estimate and fix the value of goods or estates.
• REDIMINISH
  To diminish again.
• DISAPPROVE
  1. To pass unfavorable judgment upon; to condemn by an act of the judgment; to regard as wrong, unsuitable, or inexpedient; to censure; as, to disapprove the conduct of others. 2. To refuse official approbation to; to disallow; to decline