Dictionary Definition
disparaging adj : expressive of low opinion;
"derogatory comments"; "disparaging remarks about the new house"
[syn: derogative,
derogatory]
User Contributed Dictionary
English
Adjective
- Insulting,
ridiculing.
- The candidate made disparaging remarks about his opponent, but they only made him seem small for insulting a worthy adversary.
Synonyms
Verb
disparaging- present participle of disparage
Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
abusive, aweless, back-biting, belittling, bitchy, blackening, blameful, calumniatory, calumnious, catty, censorious, condemnatory, contemptuous, contumelious, damnatory, defamatory, denunciatory, deprecative, deprecatory, depreciative, depreciatory, derisive, derisory, derogative, derogatory, detracting, detractory, disadvantageous,
discourteous,
disrespectful,
execrating, execrative, execratory, impudent, insolent, invective, inveighing, irreverent, judgmental, libelous, minimizing, objurgatory, pejorative, priggish, reproachful, reprobative, reviling, ridiculing, scandalous, scoffing, scurrile, scurrilous, slanderous, slighting, uncomplimentary,
underrating,
undervaluing,
vilifying, vituperative