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noun

disparagement

CEFR C2

a communication that belittles somebody or something

In a sentence

Six example sentences with disparagement, each labelled with its topic.

  • The contract forbids public disparagement of either firm, so both sides now answer press questions with careful silence.

    Law

  • Constant disparagement from a coach erodes a young athlete's confidence faster than any single defeat on the field.

    Psychology

  • The director answered years of disparagement by winning the festival's top prize with a film shot on borrowed equipment.

    Movies

  • The candidate's constant disparagement of the small towns cost her the rural vote she had counted on.

    Politics

  • The poet answered a decade of disparagement with a single sonnet that named every critic in its final couplet.

    Literature

  • Years of disparagement from the local press followed the center until his first playoff run silenced it.

    Basketball

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