Meaning

1 senses
  1. Insultingly.

    The candidate spoke of his opponent disparagingly.

More definitions
  • in a disparaging manner

Examples

3 sentences
  1. We sometimes disparagingly call noise, music that's insignificant and devoid of any charm.

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  2. "Things like aliens don't exist." "Don't brush off ideas so disparagingly."

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  3. The children of American soldiers staying in Japan and Japanese women were disparagingly called half-breeds.

    deDie Kinder in Japan stationierter amerikanischer Soldaten mit japanischen Frauen wurden verächtlich „Bastarde“ genannt.

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Forms

more disparagingly, most disparagingly
Comparativemore disparagingly Lesson
Superlativemost disparagingly

regular

Synonyms

3 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

1 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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