disparaging

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

   Insulting, ridiculing.

   The candidate made disparaging remarks about his opponent, but they only made him seem small for insulting a worthy adversary.

2. 2
   noun

   disparagement

   I am tracked by phantoms having weird detective ways […] Men with a wintry sneer, and women with tart disparagings.

3. 3
   adj

   expressive of low opinion

4. 4
   verb

   present participle and gerund of disparage