Disparage
verb
To talk down about someone or something, to show them in a bad or less important way.
It's not nice to disparage someone's achievements
verb
To undervalue or underestimate.
He tends to disparage his own abilities
verb
To talk down about someone or something, to show them in a bad or less important way.
It's not nice to disparage someone's achievements
verb
To undervalue or underestimate.
He tends to disparage his own abilities
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Pro Tip 1/3Negative Connotation
Using 'disparage' implies a critical and negative opinion.
The article seemed to disparage the new policies unfairly.
Pro Tip 2/3Subtly Insulting
Disparage can be more subtle than direct insults, hinting disrespect.
Her tone disparaged his work, without blatant criticism.
Pro Tip 3/3Often Personal
It often targets people's character or work rather than factual mistakes.
He didn't just correct her, he disparaged her intelligence.
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disparaged this form of democracy as being anarchic and run by fools. But today the word has such positive associations, that vastly different regimes claim to embody it. At the same time, some share Plato's skepticism about the wisdom of crowds.
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the first and second steps Mallory who disdained Canadians and that every opportunity was disparaging to wheeler and he never even acknowledged that wheeler had found the key to the mountain in fact he famously lied twice
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In this immensity of life and biodiversity, we occupy a rather unremarkable position. Homo sapiens. The last of our kind. And though I don't really want to disparage at all
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What did democracy...
disparaged this form of democracy as being anarchic and run by fools. But today the word has such positive associations, that vastly different regimes claim to embody it. At the same time, some share Plato's skepticism about the wisdom of crowds.
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Wade Davis: Into the...
the first and second steps Mallory who disdained Canadians and that every opportunity was disparaging to wheeler and he never even acknowledged that wheeler had found the key to the mountain in fact he famously lied twice
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To solve old problems,...
In this immensity of life and biodiversity, we occupy a rather unremarkable position. Homo sapiens. The last of our kind. And though I don't really want to disparage at all
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J. D. Vance
American Author
We must have the courage to confront dreadful views even in the people we love the most. But that's difficult to do when we cast large segments of our fellow citizens into a basket to be condemned and disparaged, judging them even as we ignore that many of their deplorable traits exist in us, too.
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Jennifer Chiaverini
American Artist
I wanted to write about women and their work, and about valuing the work we, as women, choose to do. Too many women I knew disparaged their work. Many working mothers thought they ought to be home with their children instead, so they carried around too much guilt to enjoy much job satisfaction.
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Greg Boyle
American Clergyman
We need not wait for further, well-placed home video cameras to see that low-intensity warfare is being waged against low-income minorities. We need only listen to the voices of the poor; they can testify that they are dehumanized, disparaged, and despised by the police.
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Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.
American Judge
I have no respect for the passion of equality, which seems to me merely idealizing envy - I don't disparage envy, but I don't accept it as legitimately my master.
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Rudolf Steiner
Austrian Philosopher
We must guard against disrespectful, disparaging, and criticizing thoughts. We must try to practice reverence and devotion in our thinking at all times.
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Gustave Flaubert
French Novelist
But the disparaging of those we love always alienates us from them to some extent. We must not touch our idols; the gilt comes off in our hands.
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Ian Mckellen
English Actor
I certainly don't disparage someone whose attitude towards their work is utterly different from mine - that's up to them.
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Ralph Waldo Emerson
American Philosopher
People disparage knowing and the intellectual life, and urge doing. I am content with knowing, if only I could know.
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Zal Batmanglij
American Director
I think disparaging something you don't understand, while a very normal thing - I expect more from serious people.
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Claire Saffitz
American Editor
Turkey burgers receive a fair amount of disparagement, and it's not unfounded.
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J. D. Vance
American Author
We must have the courage to confront dreadful views even in the people we love the most. But that's difficult to do when we cast large segments of our fellow citizens into a basket to be condemned and disparaged, judging them even as we ignore that many of their deplorable traits exist in us, too.
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Jennifer Chiaverini
American Artist
I wanted to write about women and their work, and about valuing the work we, as women, choose to do. Too many women I knew disparaged their work. Many working mothers thought they ought to be home with their children instead, so they carried around too much guilt to enjoy much job satisfaction.
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Greg Boyle
American Clergyman
We need not wait for further, well-placed home video cameras to see that low-intensity warfare is being waged against low-income minorities. We need only listen to the voices of the poor; they can testify that they are dehumanized, disparaged, and despised by the police.
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Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.
American Judge
I have no respect for the passion of equality, which seems to me merely idealizing envy - I don't disparage envy, but I don't accept it as legitimately my master.
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Rudolf Steiner
Austrian Philosopher
We must guard against disrespectful, disparaging, and criticizing thoughts. We must try to practice reverence and devotion in our thinking at all times.
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Gustave Flaubert
French Novelist
But the disparaging of those we love always alienates us from them to some extent. We must not touch our idols; the gilt comes off in our hands.
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Ian Mckellen
English Actor
I certainly don't disparage someone whose attitude towards their work is utterly different from mine - that's up to them.
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Ralph Waldo Emerson
American Philosopher
People disparage knowing and the intellectual life, and urge doing. I am content with knowing, if only I could know.
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Zal Batmanglij
American Director
I think disparaging something you don't understand, while a very normal thing - I expect more from serious people.
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Claire Saffitz
American Editor
Turkey burgers receive a fair amount of disparagement, and it's not unfounded.
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