disparageverb [ T ]
uk/dɪˈspær.ɪdʒ/us/dɪˈsper.ɪdʒ/to criticize someone or something in a way that shows you do not respect or value him, her, or it:
The actor's work for charity has recently been disparaged in the press as an attempt to get publicity.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Disapproving & criticizing
- -basher
- animadversion
- aspersions
- backbite
- bad-mouth
- belabour
- damn
- damn sb with faint praise idiom
- denounce
- dig
- disapproval
- give sb hell idiom
- nagging
- pitch into sb/sth
- pound
- pound away at sth/sb
- pull sth apart
- put the boot in idiom
- take a dim view of sth idiom
- throw
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disparagement
noun [ U ] uk/dɪˈspær.ɪdʒ.mənt/us/dɪˈsper.ɪdʒ.mənt/