disparage
verb
- talk trash
Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /dɪsˈpæɹɪd͡ʒ/ / /dɪsˈpɛɹɪd͡ʒ/
noun
Etymology: From Middle English disparage (noun), disparagen (verb), from Old French desparage (noun), desparagier (verb), from des- (“dis-”) + parage (“equal rank, rank”).
- Inequality in marriage; marriage with an inferior.
“But, for his meane degree might not aspire / To match so high, her friends with counsell sage / Dissuaded her from such a disparage […]”
verb
Etymology: From Middle English disparage (noun), disparagen (verb), from Old French desparage (noun), desparagier (verb), from des- (“dis-”) + parage (“equal rank, rank”).
- To match unequally; to degrade or dishonor.
“Alas! that any of my nation Should ever so foul disparaged be.”
- 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.
“August 30, 1706, Francis Atterbury, a sermon preach'd in the Cathedral Church of St. Paul, at the funeral of Mr. Tho. Bennet those forbidding appearances which sometimes disparage the actions of men sincerely pious”
“Thou durst not thus disparage glorious arms.”
- To ridicule, mock, discredit.
“Had he disparaged my personal appearance I should in all probability have laughed at him with lively indifference”