disparaged
past simple and past participle ofdisparage
| 单词 | disparaged |
| 释义 | disparaged past simple and past participle ofdisparage disparage verb[T] uk/dɪˈspær.ɪdʒ/us/dɪˈsper.ɪdʒ/tocriticizesomeone or something in a way thatshowsyou do notrespectorvaluehim, her, or it: The actor'sworkforcharityhasrecentlybeen disparaged in thepressasanattemptto getpublicity. Synonym belittle Opposite flatter Disapproving & criticizing
Examplesofdisparageddisparaged In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. Not only did the regime and its supporters (illogically) castigate the protesters for politicising sport, theydisparagedtheir corporeality. From theCambridge English Corpus Such research is valuable and will, undoubtedly, give status to languages which have all too often beendisparaged. From theCambridge English Corpus Some commentators havedisparagedthe work of ethics committees as "super social work" and not philosophical ethics at all. From theCambridge English Corpus Its corollary was that claims that were unable to meet these strict criteria of validity were discounted ordisparagedas 'unfounded'. From theCambridge English Corpus For a considerable period of time, musicians and music educatorsdisparagedthe gramophone. From theCambridge English Corpus On the other were the skeptics who sometimes openlydisparagedscience and at other times more cautiously expressed reservations about the scientific enterprise. From theCambridge English Corpus This potential took time to be realised, and the machine was initiallydisparagedand laughed at by the musical community at large. From theCambridge English Corpus I omit to praise that which no one unless devoid of healthy and human feeling hasdisparaged. From theCambridge English Corpus Identities, beliefs and other types of 'meaning' are frequentlydisparagedas irrelevancies, irretrievable, or inevitably tainted by observer-dependent effects. From theCambridge English Corpus Theydisparagedthe notion that popular resistance might spring from decades of social inequality and military dictatorship. From theCambridge English Corpus However, the value of these achievements is being systematically ignored, if notdisparaged. From theCambridge English Corpus For early eighteenth-century ears, minor harmony would appear to have been a less haunted presence, not necessarilydisparagedand certainly not relegated to the margins of instrumental practice. From theCambridge English Corpus Slang was vulgar, and the accent wasdisparagedas a flat, monotonous whine. From theCambridge English Corpus Rural life was increasingly seen as something to be respected and recorded: to be understood, even treasured, in all its richness without being condemned ordisparaged. From theCambridge English Corpus This preference, however, is often taken as historically right as well, and any historiographical research not willing to accept the "minor annoyances" isdisparagedas uninteresting, if not downright nonsense. From theCambridge English Corpus These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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