DISPARAGED Synonyms: 63 Similar and Opposite Words

disparaged

verb

past tense of disparage

as in dismissed

to express scornfully one's low opinion of disparaged polo as a sport for the idle rich

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Recent Examples of disparaged Kennedy has disparaged the flu shot or linked it to his voice condition at least two dozen times over the last six years. — Lena H. Sun, Washington Post, 4 Oct. 2026 Obviously designed to give LSU an advantage by adding more physically advanced and developed players, that tactic was immediately disparaged by opposing coaches, NFL coaches and, more importantly, the SEC itself. — Ian Miller Outkick, FOXNews.com, 9 Sep. 2026 Never mind that she will be disparaged if her lips remain plain or her lashes lack the necessary coat of mascara, that caterpillar thickness. — Literary Hub, 31 Aug. 2026 One side of his sign disparaged women and invoked slavery, listing women alongside animals, cars and land as property, according to the report. — Mike Schell, Fox 19 Cincinnati, 27 Aug. 2026 Kelly Osbourne isn’t holding back after Dee Snider disparaged her dad, the late Ozzy Osbourne, in a recent social media rant. — Hannah Malach, InStyle, 14 Aug. 2026 And at a White House cage fight, a former first lady was brazenly disparaged. — Steve Lopez, Los Angeles Times, 24 July 2026 In recent months, the president has frequently disparaged Obama’s South Side Chicago presidential library, posting on Truth Social on June 13 an edited picture of its campus turned into a tent camp and the main building depicted as a trash can. — Joseph Konig, PEOPLE, 1 July 2026 Pro-Cleveland newspapers disparaged Halpin’s character and ran reports that Blaine’s wife was pregnant before they were married. — Tracy Grant, Encyclopedia Britannica, 26 June 2026

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Williams argued that without a viable federal copyright claim, Hugo’s state-law claims involving breach of fiduciary duty and an incomplete accounting should also be dismissed, leaving him free to pursue those claims separately in state court.

— Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone, 17 Oct. 2026
Last weekend in Highland, Michigan, Rogers dismissed El-Sayed's attempts to whittle away at his GOP base of support.

— Aaron Navarro, CBS News, 16 Oct. 2026

Definition of dismissed

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The weather service canceled the flood watch for nearly all the Kansas City forecast area because the threat of additional heavy rain had diminished.

— Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 14 Oct. 2026
One can see this when a paint’s color appears diminished and faded.

— Wendy S. Walters, Architectural Digest, 12 Oct. 2026

Definition of diminished

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Profit is simply what remains after wages are held down, taxes are minimized, and costs are pushed onto workers, communities, and the environment.

— Christopher Marquis, Time, 16 Oct. 2026
Thornton has minimized the relevance of the previous paragraph.

— Sam McDowell October 7, Kansas City Star, 7 Oct. 2026

Definition of minimized

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Today, some of Nashville’s biggest stars have aligned themselves with (or shrewdly eschewed criticism of) a political movement that has denigrated countless demographic groups, including Punjabi immigrants.

— Harmeet Kaur, CNN Money, 19 Sep. 2026
Newsom’s film speaks directly to harm inflicted on young women who are routinely denigrated on social media and who face constant scrutiny of their appearance and comportment through online platforms.

— Matthew Carey, Deadline, 31 Aug. 2026

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