Disparage

  • 101disrespect — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Lack of respect Nouns 1. disrespect, disesteem, disregard, disestimation, disfavor, disrepute, disparagement (see disapprobation); detraction; irreverence; slight, superciliousness, contempt; contumely,… …

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  • 102underrate — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. undervalue (see underestimation); disparage, belittle. See detraction. II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. undervalue, discount, disparage; see underestimate …

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  • 103derogate — I (Roget s IV) v. Syn. take away, disparage, discredit; see detract , humiliate , insult , slander . II (Roget s Thesaurus II) verb To think, represent, or speak of as small or unimportant: belittle, decry, denigrate, deprecate, depreciate,… …

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  • 104Underestimation — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Underestimation >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 underestimation underestimation Sgm: N 1 depreciation depreciation &c.(detraction) 934 Sgm: N 1 pessimism pessimism pessimist Sgm: N 1 undervaluing undervaluing &c. >V …

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  • 105Disrespect — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Disrespect >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 disrespect disrespect disesteem disestimation Sgm: N 1 disparagement disparagement &c.(dispraise) 932 =>(detraction) ???>934 GRP: N 2 Sgm: N 2 irreverence irreverence …

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  • 106pair — [13] Like English par [17], parity [16], and peer ‘noble’ [13], pair comes ultimately from Latin pār ‘equal’, a word of unknown origin. Its derivative paria ‘equal things, similar things’ passed into English via Old French paire. Other English… …

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  • 107disparagement — late 15c., from O.Fr. desparagement, from desparagier (see DISPARAGE (Cf. disparage)) …

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  • 108backbit — adj. slandered, disparaged, belittled backbit (backbite) v. slander one who is not present, gossip, disparage, libel back·bite || bækbaɪt v. slander one who is not present, gossip, disparage, libel …

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  • 109cry someone/thing up or down — dated disparage (or praise) someone or something. → cry cry someone/thing up or down dated disparage (or praise) someone or something. → the crux …

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  • 110appreciate — 1 comprehend, *understand Analogous words: appraise, value, rate, *estimate, evaluate: *judge, adjudge: *apprehend, comprehend Antonyms: depreciate Contrasted words: disparage, derogate, detract, belittle, * …

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