VILIPEND

deprecate, depreciate, vilipend

(verb) belittle; “The teacher should not deprecate his student’s efforts”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Etymology

Verb

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

Conjugation

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

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