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disparage

/dɪsˈpæɹɪd͡ʒ/US/dɪsˈpæɹɪd͡ʒ/

disparage noun: inequality in marriage; marriage with an inferior.

Noun

disparage (uncountable)

  1. (obsolete) Inequality in marriage; marriage with an inferior.
    • But, for his meane degree might not aspire / To match so high, her friends with counsell sage / Dissuaded her from such a disparage […]1596, Edmund Spenser, “Book IV, Canto VIII”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC

Verb

disparage (third-person singular simple present disparages, present participle disparaging, simple past and past participle disparaged)

  1. (obsolete) To match unequally; to degrade or dishonor.
    • Alas! that any of my nation
      Should ever so foul disparaged be.1387–1400, Geoffrey Chaucer, “The Wife of Bath’s Tale”, in The Canterbury Tales, [Westminster: William Caxton, published 1478], →OCLC; Charles Cowden Clarke, editor, The Canterbury Tales of Chaucer....
  2. 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.
    • August 30, 1706, Francis Atterbury, a sermon preach'd in the Cathedral Church of St. Paul, at the funeral of Mr. Tho. Bennet
      those forbidding appearances which sometimes disparage the actions of men sincerely pious
    • Thou durst not thus disparage glorious arms.1671, John Milton, Samson Agonistes
  3. To ridicule, mock, discredit.
    • Had he disparaged my personal appearance I should in all probability have laughed at him with lively indifference1878, Mrs. Forrest-Grant, Riversdale Court: A Novel

disparage meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Bengali and Malayalam

disparage in Tamil

இகழ்வுரை, இழிவுரை

disparage in Urdu

نیچا کرنا

disparage in Bengali

হেয় করা, অবজ্ঞাভরে নিন্দা করা

disparage in Malayalam

വിലയിടിച്ചു പറയുക, അവമതിക്കുക, ന്യൂനീകരിക്കുക, താഴ്ത്തുക
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disparage in Kannada
ಹೀಗಳೆ, ಜರೆ, ಅಗೌರವ ತೋರು, ಅಮುಖ್ಯವನ್ನಾಗಿಸು
disparage in Tagalog
hamakin

Synonyms of disparage

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Forms of disparage

third-person singular presentdisparages
present participledisparaging
past participledisparaged
pastdisparaged

Past tense of disparage: disparaged

Origin of disparage

From Middle English disparage (noun), disparagen (verb), from Old French desparage (noun), desparagier (verb), from des- (“dis-”) + parage (“equal rank, rank”).

Words formed from disparage

Questions about disparage

What does disparage mean?
Disparage means inequality in marriage; marriage with an inferior.
What is disparage in Tamil?
Disparage in Tamil is இகழ்வுரை, இழிவுரை. See Disparage meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is disparage?
Disparage can be a noun or a verb.
How do you pronounce disparage?
Disparage is pronounced /dɪsˈpæɹɪd͡ʒ/ (UK).

Words near disparage in the dictionary

  1. dispansion
  2. disparadise
  3. disparadised
  4. disparadises
  5. disparadising
  6. disparage
  7. disparageable
  8. disparaged
  9. disparagement
  10. disparagements
  11. disparager

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: disparage (page history and authors); disparage (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); disparage (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); disparage (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); disparage (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); disparage (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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