disparage

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Pronunciation

• IPA: /dɪsˈpæɹɪd͡ʒ/

Noun

disparage (uncountable)

1. (obsolete) Inequality in marriage; marriage with an inferior.
   • 1596, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, IV.8:

     But, for his meane degree might not aspire / To match so high, her friends with counsell sage / Dissuaded her from such a disparage […]

Translations

• French: mésalliance
• German: nicht standesgemäße Ehe, Missheirat
• Russian: нера́вный брак

Verb

disparage (disparages, present participle disparaging; past and past participle disparaged)

1. To match unequally; to degrade or dishonor.
2. 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.

   • those forbidding appearances which sometimes disparage the actions of men sincerely pious

   • 1671, John Milton, Samson Agonistes

     Thou durst not thus disparage glorious arms.

3. To ridicule, mock, discredit.

Translations

• French: dénigrer
• German: herabsetzen, herabwürdigen, entehren
• Portuguese: denegrir
• Russian: очернять
• Spanish: denigrar, menospreciar

Translations

• German: lächerlich machen, verächtlich machen, in Verruf bringen
• Russian: поноси́ть

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