Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: disparaging
IPA transcription: [dɪsp'ɛɹɪdʒɪŋ]
Pronunciations of disparaging
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adverb meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: derogative, derogatory, disparaging
    Meaning: expressive of low opinion; "derogatory comments"; "disparaging remarks about the new house"
Usage examples
  • When I brought on the baked apples which I had prepared with especial care for dessert, Dick gave them one glance which to my oversensitive mind looked disparaging.
  • "Ignorant and stupid as Deerbrook is about many things, Priscilla, it is not so wicked as to thank any one for waging a cowardly war against the good, for disparaging the able and accomplished, and fabricating and circulating injurious stories against people too magnanimous for the slanderer to understand."
0. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Calvin and Hobbes, License CC BY-SA 4.0
1. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Hillary Clinton, License CC BY-SA 4.0
2. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Nigga, License CC BY-SA 4.0
3. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Wife selling (English custom), License CC BY-SA 4.0