disprized
disprized is the simple past and past participle of disprize.
Meaning of disprize
Verb
disprize (third-person singular simple present disprizes, present participle disprizing, simple past and past participle disprized)
- To depreciate.
- Dishevel sweet thy yellow hair, / Whose ray does burnish'd gold disprize.a. 1687, Charles Cotton, Ode to Lydia
Adjective
disprized (comparative more disprized, superlative most disprized)
- Undervalued, disparaged.
- This fellow Sutcliffe who is clinically suffering from an aggravated spleen due to the pangs of disprised love, much resembles the celebrated gentleman we find in Janet.1974, Lawrence Durrell, Monsieur, Faber & Faber, published 1992, page 252
Forms of disprized
| Verb | |
|---|---|
| alternative form | disprised |
| Adjective | |
| comparative | more disprized |
| superlative | most disprized |
Origin of disprized
From disprize + -ed.
Questions about disprized
- What does disprized mean?
- Disprized means undervalued, disparaged.
- What is disprized the simple past and past participle of?
- Disprized is the simple past and past participle of disprize.
- What part of speech is disprized?
- Disprized is an adjective.
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