disparagement – מילון אנגלי-אנגלי
disparagement
n.
degradation, scorn, slander, belittlement
Disparagement
disparagement
Noun
1. a communication that belittles somebody or something
(synonym) depreciation, derogation
(hypernym) disrespect, discourtesy
(hyponym) denigration, belittling
(derivation) disparage, belittle, pick at
(class) touchy-feely
2. the act of speaking contemptuously of
(synonym) dispraise
(hypernym) disapproval
(hyponym) belittling
(derivation) disparage, belittle, pick at
Disparagement
(n.)
Matching any one in marriage under his or her degree; injurious union with something of inferior excellence; a lowering in rank or estimation.
(n.)
Injurious comparison with an inferior; a depreciating or dishonoring opinion or insinuation; diminution of value; dishonor; indignity; reproach; disgrace; detraction; -- commonly with to.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
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disparagement
Synonyms and related words:
airs, animadversion, arrogance, aspersion, attaint, attrition, backbiting, backstabbing, badge of infamy, bar sinister, baton, belittlement, bend sinister, black eye, black mark, blot, blur, brand, broad arrow, calumny, censure, champain, clannishness, cliquishness, contempt, contemptuousness, contumely, curtailment, cut, cutting, decrease, decrement, defamation, denigration, depletion, deprecation, depreciation, derogation, despisal, despite, detraction, diminution, dip, discommendation, discourtesy, disdain, disdainfulness, disesteem, dishonor, dispraise, disrespect, disrespectfulness, disvaluation, exclusiveness, extraction, hauteur, impairment, impudence, imputation, insolence, insult, irreverence, lack of respect, lessening, mark of Cain, minimization, misestimation, misprision, misprizal, misprizing, onus, pillorying, point champain, reduction, reflection, remission, reprimand, reproach, retraction, retrenchment, ridicule, scandal, scorn, scornfulness, shortening, shrinkage, slander, slur, smear, smirch, smudge, smutch, sniffiness, snobbishness, snootiness, snottiness, sovereign contempt, spot, stain, stigma, stigmatism, stigmatization, stricture, superciliousness, taint, tale, tarnish, toploftiness, truncation, underestimate, underestimation, underrating, underreckoning, undervaluation,
Source: Moby Thesaurus, which is part of the
Moby Project created by Grady Ward. In 1996 Grady Ward placed this thesaurus in the public domain.
