Both Uses of
disparage
in
Mrs. Warren's Profession
- A solid phalanx of theatre-weary journalists in an afternoon humor, most of them committed to irreconcilable disparagement of problem plays, and all of them bound by etiquette to be as undemonstrative as possible, is not exactly the sort of audience that rises at the performers and cures them of the inevitable reaction after an excitingly successful first night.†
Act Auth
- FRANK [looking round disparagingly] Do you intend to stick in this confounded place?†
Act 4 *
Definition:
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(disparage) to criticize or make seem less important -- especially in a disrespectful or contemptuous manner