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disparaging

[ dih-spar-i-jing ]

adjective

  1. that disparages; tending to belittle or bring reproach upon:

    a disparaging remark.



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Sensitive Note

In this dictionary, the label Disparaging indicates that a term or definition is used with a deliberate intent to disparage, as to belittle a particular ethnic, religious, or social group. It is often paired with the label Offensive, which describes a term that gives offense whether or not any offense was intended.
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Other Word Forms

  • 徱·貹··Բ· adverb
  • ԴDz·徱·貹··Բ adjective
  • -徱·貹··Բ adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of disparaging1

First recorded in 1635–45; disparag(e) + -ing 2
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Even the word lady has shifted over the years from being an aspiration to a term widely regarded as demeaning and disparaging.

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The vice-president also expressed an affinity for Europe, after disparaging remarks between him and other top US officials were leaked from a private chat.

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Instead, Macdonald provides clips of Lennon and Ono on talk shows discussing their marriage or disparaging his former Beatles bandmates for not standing up for Ono when the press denigrated her.

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Haden Kirkpatrick, a top State Farm executive, said he was fired after being recorded in an undercover video making disparaging remarks about Pacific Palisades homeowners.

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“I believe that R.W. wasting the time, thereby disparaging HENLEY’s name and the Big U Enterprise’s reputation, and potentially flouting that disrespect with the lyrics of the ‘diss’ song, led to a dispute,” Roosa wrote.

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