disparagen

Middle English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old French disparagier; equivalent to disparage + -en.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /disˌpaˈraːdʒ(ə)/, /disˈparadʒ(ə)/, /dɛs-/

Verb

disparagen

  1. To shame or lower one's societal place; to bring into ignominy.
  2. (rare, euphemistic) To have extramarital (and often nonconsensual) sex with a woman.
  3. (rare) To shame or humiliate a divinity or god.
  4. (rare) To ruin, reduce, or devastate; to make into nothing.

Conjugation

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