Meaning

(obsolete) Inequality in marriage; marriage with an inferior..

Definitions by Sense

1. (obsolete) Inequality in marriage; marriage with an inferior.
2. (obsolete) To match unequally; to degrade or dishonor.
3. 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.
4. To ridicule, mock, discredit.

Example Sentences

But, for his meane degree might not aspire / To match so high, her friends with counsell sage / Dissuaded her from such a disparage […]

Alas! that any of my nation Should ever so foul disparaged be.

August 30, 1706, Francis Atterbury, a sermon preach'd in the Cathedral Church of St. Paul, at the funeral of Mr. Tho. Bennet those forbidding appearances which sometimes disparage the actions of men sincerely pious

Thou durst not thus disparage glorious arms.

Had he disparaged my personal appearance I should in all probability have laughed at him with lively indifference

Word Forms

• disparages
• disparaging
• disparaged

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Use disparage when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.

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