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She has a reputation for disparaging the efforts of her co-workers.disparaging = criticizing or making seem less important
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The victors write the history and disparage their enemies.disparage = criticize
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They had an unspoken agreement not to disparage each other's religion.
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Rather than respond to her criticisms, he disparaged her efforts as those of an amateur.disparaged = criticized
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In 1980, Pakistan made it illegal to make disparaging remarks against people revered in Islam.disparaging = critical
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My dad, for example, has never disparaged hard work, but he mistrusts some of the most obvious paths to upward mobility. (source)disparaged = criticized or made seem unimportant
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He gave me a disparaging look as he chewed. (source)disparaging = criticizing
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When two cultures clash, the loser is obliterated, and the winner writes the history books—books which glorify their own cause and disparage the conquered foe. (source)disparage = criticize
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Sometimes people of Asian background get offended when their culture is described this way, because they think that the stereotype is being used as a form of disparagement. (source)disparagement = criticism
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Africans in Egypt also faced racial discrimination—they were disparaged as "chocolata" or "honga bonga" by some hostile Egyptians, who were growing weary of their uninvited guests. (source)disparaged = criticized or made seem less important
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"Oh, they only know flashy stuff that's of no real use to anyone," said Hermione disparagingly. (source)disparagingly = in a way to make it seem less important
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He feels tenderness toward her when she disparages herself this way. (source)disparages = criticizes
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A silly fellow would have brought in these articles as an addition to her fortune; but, to give him his due, he never mentioned any such matter; though to be sure they are no disparagements to a woman.† (source)
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As is the Chinese cook's custom, my mother always made disparaging remarks about her own cooking. (source)disparaging = critical or belittling
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Is there anything meaner then to throw necessary work upon other people and then disparage it as unworthy and indelicate. (source)disparage = criticize or make seem less important
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The name Sophist was even applied without disparagement to Socrates and Plato themselves. (source)disparagement = criticism
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