deprecate, depreciate, vilipend
(verb) belittle; “The teacher should not deprecate his student’s efforts”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
vilipend (third-person singular simple present vilipends, present participle vilipending, simple past and past participle vilipended)
(transitive, dated, formal) To treat (something) as inconsequential or worthless; to despise, to look down on.
Synonyms: belittle, contemn, misprize, slight
(transitive, dated, formal) To express a disparaging opinion of; to slander or vilify.
Synonyms: abuse, disparage, derogate, Thesaurus:defame
Source: Wiktionary
Vil"i*pend, v. t. Etym: [L. vilipendere; vilis vile + pendere to weigh, to value: cf. F. vilipender.]
Definition: To value lightly; to depreciate; to slight; to despise. To vilipend the art of portrait painting. Longfellow.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
25 June 2025
(noun) a state of being confined (usually for a short time); “his detention was politically motivated”; “the prisoner is on hold”; “he is in the custody of police”
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