disparaging

comparative more disparaging · superlative most disparaging

1. Insulting, ridiculing.

   The candidate made disparaging remarks about his opponent, but they only made him seem small for insulting a worthy adversary.

   2 more examples

   While he is reasonably effusive about inter-city travel, he is heavily disparaging of all types of stopping service, including those on otherwise busy main lines. His analysis is not entirely unsound, and he tackles some of the questions head on.

   2023 March 8, Gareth Dennis, “The Reshaping of things to come...”, in RAIL, number 978, page 47

   It was the latest instance of Trump using dehumanizing and disparaging rhetoric as he targets undocumented immigrants and vows mass deportations if he’s reelected.

   2024 October 7, Kate Sullivan, “Trump suggests undocumented immigrants who commit murder have ‘bad genes’”, in CNN

   Synonyms: degrading, derogatory

1. gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of disparage

plural disparagings

1. disparagement

   I am tracked by phantoms having weird detective ways […] Men with a wintry sneer, and women with tart disparagings.

   1896, Thomas Hardy, Wessex Heights