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Definition of disparage : 1. Inequality in marriage; marriage with an inferior.
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.
3. To match unequally; to degrade or dishonor by an unequal marriage.

Synonyms:

peck, harm, misemploy, peck at, misuse, attack, study at depreciate, damage, show, pick at, molest, slight, downgrade, vituperate, pull at, ill-treat, slander, run down, talk down, abuse, impose on _or_ oppress, rail at, persecute, violate, upon, pervert, prostitute, ill-use, revile, maltreat, injure, ravish, belittle, wrong, ruin, aggrieve, pluck at, victimize, minimize

reprimand

defile, vilify, disapprove, denounce, reproach, chastise, admonish, deprecate, chide, blame, deride, censure, condemn, castigate, renounce, scorn, upbraid, chasten, discredit, denigrate, criticize

grouch, lament, deplore, complain, object, ridicule, protest

depreciate, malign, abrade, derogate, detract, decry, reduce, defame, lessen, diminish, discount, cast aspersion

Usage examples:

• Let us say nothing to disparage this jacket. - "The Boy Tar", Mayne Reid.
• I quite agree with Davenant, that they do not arise from chance- " If we consider accident, And how, repugnant unto sense, It pays desert with bad event, We shall disparage Providence." - "Advice to a Mother on the Management of her Children", Pye Henry Chavasse.
• But she continued to disparage him to his face and to me. - "The Boss of Little Arcady", Harry Leon Wilson.