Thesaurus: disparagement

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1. n. Matching any one in marriage under his or her degree; injurious union with something of inferior excellence; a lowering in rank or estimation.
2. n. Injurious comparison with an inferior; a depreciating or dishonoring opinion or insinuation; diminution of value; dishonor; indignity; reproach; disgrace; detraction; -- commonly with to.
3. n. a communication that belittles somebody or something
4. n. the act of speaking contemptuously of
5. 1. Matching any one in marriage under his or her degree; injurious union with something of inferior excellence; a lowering in rank or estimation. [Eng.] And thought that match a foul disparagement. Spenser. 2. Injurious comparison with an inferior; a depreciating or dishonoring opinion or insinuation; diminution of value; dishonor; indignity; reproach; disgrace; detraction; -- commonly with to. It ought to be no disparagement to a star that it is not the sun. South. Imitation is a disparagement and a degradation in a Christian minister. I. Taylor. Syn. -- Indignity; derogation; detraction; reproach; dishonor; debasement; degradation; disgrace.
6. n:100 n. a communication that belittles somebody or something n. the act of speaking contemptuously of