This word is acceptable for play in the US & UK dictionaries that are being used in the following games:

• Lexulous
• Wordscraper
• Wordosaur

n. The act of disparaging, of belittling.

n. Matching any one in marriage under his or her degree; injurious union with something of inferior excellence; a lowering in rank or estimation.

n. Injurious comparison with an inferior; a depreciating or dishonoring opinion or insinuation; diminution of value; dishonor; indignity; reproach; disgrace; detraction; -- commonly with to.

n. The matching of a man or a woman to one of inferior rank or condition, and against the rules of decency.

n. Injury by union or comparison with something of inferior excellence.

n. The act of undervaluing or lowering the estimation or character of a person or thing; the act of depreciating; detraction.

n. Diminution of value or excellence; reproach; disgrace; indignity; dishonor: as, poverty is no disparagement to greatness.

n. Synonyms Derogation, depreciation, debasement, degradation.

n. the act of speaking contemptuously of

n. a communication that belittles somebody or something

"While the word is not always used in disparagement, it is never used as a compliment except as a possible term of affection among close friends just as a close Alabama friend of mine might exclaim to this Alabama boy, "Bubba, you ole redneck, how are you?""

discredit    belittlement    denigration   

disparage   

reproach    debasement    degradation    disgrace    derogation    detraction    dishonor    indignity   

defamation    detraction    obloquy    dispraise    misrepresentation    vituperation    disapprobation    reprobation    execration    depreciation