Disparage

Pronunciation

• IPA: /dɪsˈpæɹɪdÊ’/

Origin

From Middle English, from Old French desparager, from des- + parage ("equal rank, rank").

Full definition of disparage

Noun

1. (obsolete) Inequality in marriage; marriage with an inferior.
• 1596, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, IV.8:But, for his meane degree might not aspire
  To match so high, her friends with counsell sage
  Dissuaded her from such a disparage ….

Verb

1. To match unequally; to degrade or dishonor.
2. To dishonor by a comparison with what is inferior; to lower in rank or estimation by actions or words; to speak slightingly of; to depreciate; to undervalue.
• Bishop Atterburythose forbidding appearances which sometimes disparage the actions of men sincerely pious
• MiltonThou durst not thus disparage glorious arms.
3. To ridicule, mock, discredit.