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- disparaging comments about the lack of talent among the musical performers
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- aspersing,
- calumnious,
- defamatory,
- insulting,
- libelous
- (or libellous),
- maligning,
- slandering,
- slanderous,
- vilifying
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verbSynonyms & Antonyms of disparaging (Entry 2 of 2)
- disparaged polo as a sport for the idle rich
Synonyms for disparaging
- bad-mouthing,
- belittling,
- crying down,
- decrying,
- denigrating,
- deprecating,
- depreciating,
- derogating,
- diminishing,
- discounting,
- dismissing,
- dissing
- [slang],
- kissing off,
- minimizing,
- playing down,
- poor-mouthing,
- putting down,
- running down,
- talking down,
- trashing,
- trash-talking,
- vilipending,
- writing off
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“Disparaging.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/disparaging. Accessed 27 Feb. 2021.
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The first known use of disparaging was circa 1596
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