Sunday, April 18, 2010

Disparagement, Disparage, Disparaging

1.Disparagement (Noun) - Disparage (Verb) - Disparaging (Adjective)
:something that demeaning or derogatory

2. Disparagement in a Sentence
a. Emily disparages Andreas with a caustic response.
b.Emily made some disparaging remarks to Andrea.
c. Andrea endures disparagement from her Emily.

3. Disparagement -Synonyms
acerbic, belittle, caustic, demeans, derogates, debase, derisive, flouts, mocks, sneer

a. Andrea was resilient to Emily's acerbic demeanor.
b. Emily Blunt is Andrea's caustic fellow assistant.
c. Emily constantly belittle Andrea's sense of fashion and explicitly flouts her.
d. Emily demeaning attitude is atrociously, and belies her insecurity.
e. Andrea remains imperturbable with Emily's derisiveness.


4. Disparage in Books
All's well that ends well

By William Shakespeare, Susan Snyder
Oxford Word Classics

Page 12
"by insisting that the Count of Roussillon marry a bourgeoisie the King violates one of the few limits placed on this corrupt prerogative, the stipulation that such a marriage imposed by the guardian should not disparage the ward's rank. "

Don Quixote
By Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra, Carole Slade, Tobias George Smollett

Barnes and Nobles Classics

Page 569
"What, is Teresa such a bad wife?" said the knight. " Not very bad, answered the squire, but, the she is not very good; at least, not so good as I wish." "You are in the wrong, Sancho, said Don Quixote, to disparage your wife, who in effect is the mother of your children." As to that matter replied Sancho, who are not at all in one another debt; for, she can disparage me fast enough, especially when she takes it in her head to be jealous, and then Satan himself could not endure her."



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