disparagen
Middle English
/disˌpaˈraːdʒ(ə)/
verb
Definitions
- To shame or lower one's societal place; to bring into ignominy.
- (rare) To have extramarital (and often nonconsensual) sex with a woman.
- (rare) To shame or humiliate a divinity or god.
- (rare) To ruin, reduce, or devastate; to make into nothing.
Etymology
Borrowed from Old French disparagier affix from Middle English disparage.
Origin
Middle English
disparage