"disparaging" meaning in English

See disparaging in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /dɪsˈpæɹɪdʒɪŋ(ɡ)/ [UK] Forms: more disparaging [comparative], most disparaging [superlative]
Head templates: {{en-adj}} disparaging (comparative more disparaging, superlative most disparaging)
  1. Insulting, ridiculing. Synonyms: degrading, derogatory Translations (insulting): desqualificador (Catalan), nedsættende (Danish), halveksiva (Finnish), väheksyvä (Finnish), péjoratif (French), abfällig (German), abschätzig (German), abwertend (German), geringschätzig (German), herabsetzend (German), verunglimpfend (German), beleidigend (German), μειωτικός (meiotikós) (Greek), denigratorio (Italian), sprezzante (Italian), dispregiativo (Italian), nedsettende (Norwegian Bokmål), nedsetjande (Norwegian Nynorsk), توهین آمیز (tohin amiz) (Persian), insultante (Portuguese), уничижи́тельный (uničižítelʹnyj) (Russian), пренебрежи́тельный (prenebrežítelʹnyj) (Russian), descalificativo (Spanish), nedsättande (Swedish), aşağlayıcı (Turkish), hor gören (Turkish), kötüleyici (Turkish), küçümseyici (Turkish), зневажливий (znevažlyvyj) [masculine] (Ukrainian), принизливий (prynyzlyvyj) [masculine] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-disparaging-en-adj-MvfJs5p2

Noun

IPA: /dɪsˈpæɹɪdʒɪŋ(ɡ)/ [UK] Forms: disparagings [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} disparaging (plural disparagings)
  1. disparagement
    Sense id: en-disparaging-en-noun-ACHOfrsG

Verb

IPA: /dɪsˈpæɹɪdʒɪŋ(ɡ)/ [UK]
Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} disparaging
  1. present participle and gerund of disparage Tags: form-of, gerund, participle, present Form of: disparage
    Sense id: en-disparaging-en-verb-h04n5Zsf Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 5 41 54

Inflected forms

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