disparaging

• (UK) IPA^(key): /dɪsˈpæɹɪdʒɪŋ(ɡ)/

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.

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

     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.

• degrading, derogatory

• laudatory

disparaging

1. present participle and gerund of disparage

disparaging (plural disparagings)

1. disparagement
   • 1896, Thomas Hardy, Wessex Heights:

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