OXFORD 9000
📚 verb • entry_id 14170

disparage

/dɪsˈpæɹɪd͡ʒ/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
denigrar • menospreciar
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…
Thou durst not thus disparage glorious arms.