disparaging
adjective
[ dɪˈsparɪdʒɪŋ ]
• expressing the opinion that something is of little worth; derogatory.
• "disparaging remarks about council houses"
disparage
verb
• regard or represent as being of little worth.
• "he never missed an opportunity to disparage his competitors"
Similar:
belittle,
denigrate,
deprecate,
depreciate,
downgrade,
play down,
deflate,
trivialize,
minimize,
make light of,
treat lightly,
undervalue,
underrate,
underestimate,
disdain,
dismiss,
ridicule,
deride,
mock,
scorn,
pour scorn on,
scoff at,
sneer at,
laugh at,
laugh off,
run down,
defame,
decry,
discredit,
slander,
libel,
malign,
speak ill of,
speak badly of,
cast aspersions on,
impugn,
vilify,
traduce,
revile,
criticize,
condemn,
slur,
do down,
do a hatchet job on,
take to pieces,
pull apart,
pull to pieces,
pick holes in,
drag through the mud,
hit out at,
knock,
slam,
pan,
bash,
bad-mouth,
pooh-pooh,
look down one's nose at,
rubbish,
slate,
slag off,
have a go at,
cry down,
hold cheap,
misprize,
minify,
asperse,
derogate,
calumniate,
vilipend,
vituperate,
derogatory,
deprecating,
deprecatory,
denigratory,
belittling,
slighting,
insulting,
abusive,
critical,
scathing,
negative,
unfavourable,
uncomplimentary,
uncharitable,
unsympathetic,
contemptuous,
scornful,
snide,
derisive,
disdainful,
sneering,
bitchy,
catty,
contumelious,
Origin:
late Middle English (in the sense ‘marry someone of unequal rank’, also ‘bring discredit on’): from Old French desparagier ‘marry someone of unequal rank’, based on Latin par ‘equal’.
