disparaging
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- adjective
- /dɪsˈpɛrɪdʒɪŋ/
- Offensive
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despectivo
- She made a disparaging remark about his qualifications during the meeting.
- more disparaging
And in the same breath, never say anything disparaging about the other parent to your children.
- And in the same breath, never say anything disparaging about the other parent to your children.
- And then she she cornered a friend of mine and made disparaging remarks about her baby.
- Stop talking to yourself in a disparaging way.
- So I was saying something disparaging about Benny Goodman being the king of swing.
- I mean, without, without any disparaging descriptions of what is going on over in Russia, it's clearly not a democracy.
- What's the word self disparaging self hate, as I've heard you describe it.
Examples
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His disparaging comments hurt her feelings and made her doubt herself.
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And in the same breath, never say anything disparaging about the other parent to your children.
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And, you know, this is somebody who has a history of looking down and disparaging people who are not like him.
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And there are, I mean, a solid decade of him saying very disparaging things about working class immigrants.
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She tells disparaging stories about me and the people love it.
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It's possible to take initiative towards finding help without attacking, blaming, or disparaging yourself in the process.
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And then she she cornered a friend of mine and made disparaging remarks about her baby.
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Comments made by survey respondents about people ranked low are just as disparaging as those made by intellectuals a century ago.
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It is unifying because it brings people together versus disparaging and saying, hey, we are not this or we are not that.
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And then he quotes Mark Twain's disparaging remark about golf.
Synonyms
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Being rude or saying things that hurt someone
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Not polite to someone, for example interrupting them
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Expressing an insulting, disrespectful view of someone or something
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4.8
Making someone feel small and unimportant
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5.5
Causing someone to feel ashamed and less respected
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Showing that you think someone or something is not worth respect
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Showing that you think something is not good or important
Showing a bad opinion of someone to make them seem less important
Showing that someone or something is not important and often insulting them
Showing that someone or something has little value
Giving unfair critical comments that make someone seem worse
Harming someone's reputation by saying unfair or untrue things
Showing little respect and trying to make someone feel unimportant
Very insulting and likely to deeply offend people
Showing disapproval by insulting or criticizing someone
Antonyms
How Disparaging
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- Offensive
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Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Disparaging comes from the parts dis- meaning 'apart' or 'not' and par meaning 'equal', like the word peer. So a disparaging remark treats someone as 'not equal' or less important, which is why it shows a low opinion.