Sentences with disparage
dis·par·age
D d - ...Larkin's tendency to disparage literature. [VERB noun]
- Do not disparage good manners.
- However, while it's one thing to disparage the extreme symptoms of libertarianism seen on Big Brother.
- The sceptics were quick to disparage the new medium.
- Your behavior will disparage the whole family.
- Another post used abusive language to disparage West.
- Unlike most of us who disparage weeds as unwelcome guests in our gardens.
- To disparage is to attempt to lower in esteem, as by insinuation, invidious comparison, faint praise, etc.; to , depreciate is to lessen (something) in value as by implying that it has less worth than is usually attributed to it [he depreciated her generosity]; decry implies vigorous public denunciation, often from the best of motives [to decry corruption in government]; belittle is equivalent to , depreciate, but stresses a contemptuous attitude in the speaker or writer; , minimize suggests an ascription of the least possible value or importance [don't minimize your own efforts]