disparagement
pronunciation
How to pronounce disparagement in British English:
UK [dɪ'spærɪdʒmənt]
How to pronounce disparagement in American English:
US [dɪ'spærɪdʒmənt]
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- Noun:
- a communication that belittles somebody or something
- the act of speaking contemptuously of
Word Origin
- disparagement (n.)
- late 15c., from Old French desparagement, from desparagier (see disparage).
Example
- 1. He was humble and meek , filled with self - disparagement and .
- 2. One notes in passing the disparagement of the " usual reliable translator " - the fellow knows his foreign language but doesn 't understand poetry .
- 3. Furthermore christianity 's disparagement of passions particularly the sexual ones lowered the believer 's general state of vitality .
- 4. He was humble and meek , filled with self - disparagement and abasement .
- 5. A wretch ; -- sometimes used humorously or in playful disparagement .