disparaging

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dɪsˈpæɹɪdʒɪŋ(ɡ)/

Adjective

disparaging (comparative more disparaging, superlative most disparaging)

1. 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

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• 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

1. present participle of disparage

Noun

disparaging (plural disparagings)

1. disparagement
   • (Can we date this quote by Thomas Hardy and provide title, author’s full name, and other details?)

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