disparaging

English

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA^(key): /dɪsˈpæɹɪdʒɪŋ(ɡ)/

Adjective

disparaging (comparative more disparaging, superlative most disparaging)

Insulting, ridiculing.
The candidate made disparaging remarks about his opponent, but they only made him seem small for insulting a worthy adversary.

Synonyms

degrading

Translations

insulting

Danish: nedsættende
Finnish: halveksiva (fi), väheksyvä
French: péjoratif (fr)
German: abfällig (de), abschätzig (de), abwertend (de), geringschätzig, herabsetzend (de), verunglimpfend (de)
Greek: μειωτικός (el) (meiotikós)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: nedsettende (no)

Nynorsk: nedsetjande

Persian: توهین آمیز‎ (tohin amiz)
Portuguese: insultante (pt)
Russian: уничижи́тельный (ru) (uničižítelʹnyj), пренебрежи́тельный (ru) (prenebrežítelʹnyj)
Spanish: descalificativo
Swedish: nedsättande (sv)
Turkish: aşağlayıcı, hor gören, kötüleyici (tr), küçümseyici (tr)

Verb

disparaging

present participle of disparage

Noun

disparaging (plural disparagings)

disparagement
- Thomas Hardy
  I am tracked by phantoms having weird detective ways […] Men with a wintry sneer, and women with tart disparagings.

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