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disparagedi‧spar‧age /dɪˈspærɪdʒ/ verb [transitive] formal disparageOrigin: 1200-1300 Old French desparagier ‘to marry below one's social class’, from parage ‘rank’ VERB TABLEdisparage |
Present | I, you, we, they | disparage | | he, she, it | disparages | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | disparaged | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have disparaged | | he, she, it | has disparaged | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had disparaged | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will disparage | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have disparaged |
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Present | I | am disparaging | | he, she, it | is disparaging | | you, we, they | are disparaging | Past | I, he, she, it | was disparaging | | you, we, they | were disparaging | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been disparaging | | he, she, it | has been disparaging | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been disparaging | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be disparaging | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been disparaging |
- "The comments were not meant to disparage any company's products," stated the publisher.
- As Goffmann points out these signs have been neglected or disparaged as trivial items.
- His primary outside interest is golf, though he disparages his 15 handicap.
- I do not wish to disparage these inquiries.
- Many who vigorously disparaged his accomplishment came to share his aspiration..
- Rather than disparaging the familiarity of such stories, we should celebrate the fact these great men exist.
- The ways for women to escape or understand their circumstances are systematically disparaged.
► a disparaging/derogatory comment (=criticizing someone or something in an unpleasant way)· Never make disparaging comments about a colleague’s work. ► a disparaging remark (=one that shows you do not think someone or something is very good)· My aunt always makes disparaging remarks about my appearance. to criticize someone or something in a way that shows you do not think they are very good or important: Matcham’s theatres were widely disparaged by architects.—disparagement noun [countable, uncountable] |