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noun
Inequality in marriage; marriage with an inferior.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
To match unequally; to degrade or dishonor.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
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.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Synonyms: denigrate, belittle, vilipend, abase, bring down to size, cut down to size, debase, defame, degrade, demean, demote, depress, discredit, disgrace, dishonour, disparage, downgrade, embase, give a bad name, humble, humiliate, knock down to size, put someone in their place, reduce, relegate, sink, slur, trim down to size, whittle down to size, bagatellize, banalize, cut down, de-emphasize, deprecate, derogate, dispraise, downplay, lilliputianize, make little of, make nothing of, minimize, play down, set at nought, superficialize, trivialize, underestimate, underplay, understate
Antonyms: none provided
verb
To ridicule, mock, discredit.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: befool, excoriate, lampoon, scorn, chaff, disparage, forgab, frump, gleek, jape, jeer, jibe, josh, kid, mimic, mock, needle, niggle, razz, rib, roast, satirize, scoff, slag, tease, twit, bust on, extract the urine, clown around, make a fool of, make fun of, make sport of, poke fun at, take the piss
Antonyms: none provided
verb
express a negative opinion of
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: belittle, pick at
Antonyms: flatter
Broader terms: knock, criticize, criticise, pick apart
Narrower terms: pan, tear apart, trash, discredit, disgrace, deprecate, depreciate, vilipend, minimize, belittle, denigrate, derogate
History
From Middle English disparage (noun), disparagen (verb), from Old French desparage (noun), desparagier (verb), from des- (“dis-”) + parage (“equal rank, rank”).
Across languages
64 source translations are retained for this English entry.
