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Definition of disparaging : of Disparage

Synonyms:

derisory, slighting, belittling, denigrative, low, acid, astringent, uncomplimentary, depreciative, accusing, depreciatory, denigratory, acrid, derogative, degrading, barbed, ad hominem, blistering, deprecatory, detractive, biting, accusatory, pejorative, demeaning, acerbic, praise

critical, carping, pedantic, fault-finding, judgmental, finicky, caviling, harsh, derogatory, captious, picky

reprimanding

antipathetic, sardonic, disdainful, satirical, scornful, abusive, contemptuous, mocking, sarcastic, scoffing, jeering, flippant, ridiculing, deprecative, derisive, insulting

depreciating, maligning, abrading, derogating, detracting, decrying, reducing, defaming, lessening, diminishing, discounting, casting aspersion

grouching, deploring, lamenting, objecting, protesting, complaining

defiling, vilifying, disapproving, denouncing, reproaching, chastising, admonishing, deprecating, chiding, blaming, deriding, censuring, condemning, castigating, renouncing, scorning, upbraiding, chastening, discrediting, denigrating, criticizing

Usage examples:

• On my making some very disparaging opinion of their music, which I heard for the first time, Mrs. Ruskin flamed up with indignation, but, after an annihilating look, she said mildly, " I suppose no Southerner can understand the pipes," and we discussed them calmly, she telling some stories to illustrate their power and the special range of their effect. - "The Autobiography of a Journalist, Volume I", William James Stillman.
• A few days later I heard by the roundabout telegraph common in country neighbourhoods that Horace had found a good deal of fun in reporting what I said about farming and that he had called me by a highly humorous but disparaging name. - "Adventures In Contentment", David Grayson AKA: Ray Stannard Baker.
• I have heard you say that one's friends should be sacred from disparaging remarks. - "Patty Blossom", Carolyn Wells.