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disparaging

UK/dɪsˈpæɹɪdʒɪŋ(ɡ)/

disparaging adjective: insulting, ridiculing. Also the present participle and gerund of disparage.

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.
    • While he is reasonably effusive about inter-city travel, he is heavily disparaging of all types of stopping service, including those on otherwise busy main lines. His analysis is not entirely unsound, and he tackles some of the questions head on.2023 March 8, Gareth Dennis, “The Reshaping of things to come...”, in RAIL, number 978, page 47

Noun

disparaging (plural disparagings)

  1. disparagement
    • I am tracked by phantoms having weird detective ways […] Men with a wintry sneer, and women with tart disparagings.1896, Thomas Hardy, Wessex Heights

Also used as

disparaging is also the present participle and gerund of disparage.

disparaging meaning in Hindi and Persian

disparaging in Hindi

insulting
अपमानजनक apmānajnak

disparaging in Persian

insulting
توهین آمیز tohin amiz

Examples of disparaging in a sentence

  • The soul of wit for them is disparaging relevance: the persistent searching out of weakness.
  • King recovered the rights on the condition that he'd stop publicly disparaging Kubrick's version.
  • The expression, "washed out," became extremely common, and not necessarily in any sense disparaging to the "washee."

All 12 example sentences with disparaging

Synonyms of disparaging

Antonyms

Forms of disparaging

Adjective
comparativemore disparaging
superlativemost disparaging
Noun
pluraldisparagings

Words formed from disparaging

Questions about disparaging

What does disparaging mean?
Disparaging means insulting, ridiculing.
What is disparaging in Hindi?
Disparaging in Hindi is अपमानजनक (apmānajnak). See Disparaging meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is disparaging?
Disparaging can be an adjective or a noun.
How do you pronounce disparaging?
Disparaging is pronounced /dɪsˈpæɹɪdʒɪŋ(ɡ)/ (UK).

Words near disparaging in the dictionary

  1. disparager
  2. disparagers
  3. disparages
  4. disparagest
  5. disparageth
  6. disparaging
  7. disparagingly
  8. disparagings
  9. disparate
  10. disparately
  11. disparateness

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