Meaning & use
disparaged
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Spoke of or treated someone or something as being of little worth; belittled or criticized unfairly.
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The critic disparaged the young author's debut novel as amateurish and dull.
He felt disparaged by his coach's constant comparisons to his older brother.
A note on using this word
Past tense of 'disparage'; implies an unfair or dismissive putdown rather than honest, balanced criticism.
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belittleddenigrated
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