Words / C1

di-SPAR-ij/dɪˈspærɪdʒ/

To disparage is to speak of someone or something as if they were of little worth: disparage the evidence, disparage a cohort. Belittle is the close twin; calling a night slice “noise” is still a methods cut.

Meaning

To speak of someone or something as if they were of little worth.

Examples

• “Do not disparage the night slice as “noise”; name it in the frame.”
• “Belittle is the close twin. Denigrate is stronger. Noise is a slogan. A named slice is a frame. Keep the slice, or name the exclusion; do not baptise the drop as elegance.”

Good to know

Speak of as of little worth. Close: belittle. “Noise” ≠ a named slice.

Near in meaning

belittle, denigrate, slight

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