Disparaging

Word DISPARAGING
Character 11
Hyphenation disparaging
Pronunciations /dɪsˈpæɹɪdʒɪŋ(ɡ)/

Definitions and meanings of "Disparaging"

What do we mean by disparaging?

To match unequally; to degrade or dishonor.

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.

To ridicule, mock, discredit.

Synonyms and Antonyms for Disparaging

The word "disparaging" in example sentences

Expenses necessary for the manufacturing of advanced batteriesThis is not an exercise in disparaging said projects, but just a reminder of where the arts stand in the priorities of our elected representatives. ❋ Matthew Guerrieri (2009)

So in disparaging motherhood you disparage women, full stop. ❋ Unknown (2009)

This disparaging is like burying our gold – all that is precious: our homes, our children, our environment, our soldiers – is that what we want for another 8 years? ❋ Unknown (2008)

I don't know about Bernice's "Plaintalker" or Maria's "Crescent Times", but every time something disparaging is said about Plainfield Today, the blog's stats go off the chart. ❋ Dan (2007)

"To my way of thinking - and with all due respect to Administrator Griffin - disparaging a finding in the independent review panel's report as an" urban legend "doesn't do much to encourage that needed openness ... especially when the chair of that same independent panel is prepared to testify that the finding is based on voluntary interviews with eyewitnesses to the incidents." ❋ Unknown (2007)

But I digress, the Buddha bar which you are so disparaging is made with Apricot Seed Powder. ❋ Anne-Marie (2007)

One of the blogs was called “sarkodead”, a reference to the interior minister and presidential contender, Nicholas Sarkozy, who referred to the rioters in disparaging terms and has been singled out for criticism by many French bloggers. ❋ Unknown (2005)

And I know because I've gotten some of the phone calls disparaging the mother, saying she's an unfit mother. ❋ Unknown (2003)

I find the phrase disparaging, abusive and an insult in nature - it is simply an epithet. ❋ Unknown (2009)

32 He spoke generally of the inhabitants of Newfoundland in disparaging terms, arguing that for a full six months, "they are perfectly Idle, abandon'd to every sort of Debauchery and Wickedness, become perfect Savages, are Strangers to all good Order, Government and Religion by habitual Idleness and Debauchery's." ❋ Unknown (2005)

When O†™ Reilly urged an end to tagging Bush as a “liar, ” scolded Cindy Sheehan for calling the insurgents “freedom fighters” and urged people to be “very careful with what we say” in disparaging others, Letterman took him to task: “Well, and you should be very careful with what you say also.” ❋ Unknown (2005)

Christie not only called out President Obama by name disparaging him as nothing more than a Nero-like "bystander" to the nation's current economic crisis, he pointedly suggested that he was a better leader and "problem solver." ❋ Stewart J. Lawrence (2011)

Third-party presidential candidate Ross Perot was called a disparaging name so often that he tried to defuse the situation with humor by dancing in public to Patsy Cline's rendition of the song "Crazy." ❋ Unknown (2010)

BASH: McCain is not only using the plumber story to warn voters to watch their wallet with Obama, he's also now lashing out at his Democratic rivals for what McCain aides call disparaging comments about Joe Wurzelbacher. ❋ Unknown (2008)

BASH: McCain is not only using the plumber's story to warn voters to watch their wallet with Obama, he's also now lashing out at his Democratic rivals for what McCain aides call disparaging comments about Joe Wurzelbacher. ❋ Unknown (2008)

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