English-Thai Dictionary

disparage

VT ดูถูก  ดูหมิ่น  วิพากษ์วิจารณ์  belittle minimize diminish esteem du-tuk

 

disparagement

N การ ดูถูก ดูหมิ่น  การ วิพากษ์วิจารณ์ ใน ทาง ลบ  depreciation detraction kan-du-tuk-du-min

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

DISPARAGE

v.t. 1. To marry one to another of inferior condition or rank; to dishonor by an unequal match or marriage, against the rules of decency.
2. To match unequally; to injure or dishonor by union with something of inferior excellence.
3. To injure or dishonor by a comparison with something of less value or excellence.
4. To treat with contempt; to undervalue; to lower in rank or estimation; to vilify; to bring reproach on; to reproach; to debase by words or actions; to dishonor.
Thou durst not thus disparage glorious arms.

 

DISPARAGED

pp. Married to one beneath his or her condition; unequally matched; dishonored or injured by comparison with something inferior; undervalued; vilified; debased; reproached.

 

DISPARAGEMENT

n. 1. The matching of a man or woman to one of inferior rank or condition, and against the rule of decency.
2. Injury by union or comparison with something of inferior excellence.
3. Diminution of value or excellence; reproach; disgrace; indignity; dishonor; followed by to.
It ought to be no disparagement to a stat that it is not the sun.
To be a humble Christian is not disparagement to a prince, or a nobleman.

 

DISPARAGER

n.One who disparages or dishonors; one who vilifies or disgraces.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

DISPARAGE

Dis *par "age (; 48 ), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Disparaged; p. pr. & vb. n.Disparaging. ] Etym: [OF. desparagier, F. déparager, to marry unequally; pref. des- (L. dis- ) + F. parage extraction, lineage, from L. par equal, peer. See Peer. ]

 

1. To match unequally; to degrade or dishonor by an unequal marriage. [Obs. ] Alas! that any of my nation Should ever so foul disparaged be. Chaucer.

 

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. Bp. Atterbury. Thou durst not thus disparage glorious arms. Milton.

 

Syn. -- To decry; depreciate; undervalue; underrate; cheapen; vilify; reproach; detract from; derogate from; degrade; debase. See Decry.

 

DISPARAGE

DISPARAGE Dis "pa *rage `, n.

 

Defn: Inequality in marriage; marriage with an inferior. [Obs. ] Chaucer. Dissuaded her from such a disparage. Spenser.

 

DISPARAGEMENT

Dis *par "age *ment, n. Etym: [Cf. OF. desparagement.]

 

1. Matching any one in marriage under his or her degree; injurious union with something of inferior excellence; a lowering in rank or estimation. [Eng. ] And thought that match a foul disparagement. Spenser.

 

2. Injurious comparison with an inferior; a depreciating or dishonoring opinion or insinuation; diminution of value; dishonor; indignity; reproach; disgrace; detraction; -- commonly with to. It ought to be no disparagement to a star that it is not the sun. South. Imitation is a disparagement and a degradation in a Christian minister. I. Taylor.

 

Syn. -- Indignity; derogation; detraction; reproach; dishonor; debasement; degradation; disgrace.

 

DISPARAGER

DISPARAGER Dis *par "a *ger, n.

 

Defn: One who disparages or dishonors; one who vilifies or disgraces.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

disparage

dis par age |diˈsparij dəˈspɛrɪʤ | ▶verb [ with obj. ] regard or represent as being of little worth: he never missed an opportunity to disparage his competitors. DERIVATIVES dis par age ment noun ORIGIN late Middle English (in the sense ‘marry someone of unequal rank, ’ also ‘bring discredit on ’): from Old French desparagier ‘marry someone of unequal rank, ’ based on Latin par ‘equal. ’

 

Oxford Dictionary

disparage

disparage |dɪˈsparɪdʒ | ▶verb [ with obj. ] regard or represent as being of little worth: he never missed an opportunity to disparage his competitors. DERIVATIVES disparagement noun ORIGIN late Middle English (in the sense ‘marry someone of unequal rank ’, also ‘bring discredit on ’): from Old French desparagier ‘marry someone of unequal rank ’, based on Latin par ‘equal ’.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

disparage

disparage verb they disparage Lawrence and his achievements: belittle, denigrate, deprecate, trivialize, make light of, undervalue, underrate, play down; ridicule, deride, mock, scorn, scoff at, sneer at; run down, defame, discredit, speak badly of, cast aspersions on, impugn, vilify, traduce, criticize, slur; informal pick holes in, knock, slam, pan, badmouth, dis, pooh-pooh; formal calumniate, derogate. ANTONYMS praise, overrate. WORD SPECTRUM: praise / disparage See praise Word Spectrums show shades of meaning between two polar opposites.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

disparage

disparage verb it has become fashionable to disparage Lawrence and his achievements: belittle, denigrate, deprecate, depreciate, downgrade, play down, deflate, trivialize, minimize, make light of, treat lightly, undervalue, underrate, underestimate; disdain, dismiss, ridicule, deride, mock, scorn, pour scorn on, scoff at, sneer at, laugh at, laugh off; run down, defame, decry, discredit, slander, libel, malign, speak ill of, speak badly of, cast aspersions on, impugn, vilify, traduce, revile, criticize, condemn; N. Amer. slur; informal do down, do a hatchet job on, take to pieces, pull apart, pull to pieces, pick holes in, drag through the mud, hit out at, knock, slam, pan, bash, bad-mouth, pooh-pooh, look down one's nose at; Brit. informal rubbish, slate, slag off, have a go at; dated cry down; archaic hold cheap; rare misprize, minify, asperse, derogate, calumniate, vilipend, vituperate. ANTONYMS praise; overrate.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

disparage

dis par age /dɪspǽrɪdʒ /動詞 他動詞 ｟かたく ｠〈人 物など 〉をけなす, 批判する, 見くびる .

 

disparagement

dis p á r age ment 名詞 U C ｟かたく ｠(人 物などに対する )批判, 非難, 悪口, 見くびり .