disparage

That means that you can set the narrative, you can set the agenda, you can disparage your opponent.

From Slate ● Oct. 6, 2026

He called upon people to love their enemies, not rebuke them or disparage their existence.

From Salon ● Jun. 5, 2026

Newly appointed "60 Minutes" executive producer Nick Bilton said Pelley "hijacked my first meeting with staff to disparage me, my qualifications, and my intentions with remarkable incivility and contempt."

From Barron's ● Jun. 3, 2026

The bank published a report in 1993 which helped disparage industrial policy.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 19, 2026

“I heard you disparage this fine establishment,” he answered.

From "City Spies" by James Ponti

He also ordered administrators to remove any content that “inappropriately disparages Americans” living or dead, and replace it with language that celebrates the nation’s greatness.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 14, 2026

Warsh regularly disparages such models and the “economics guild” that developed them.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 31, 2026

But when she’s not signing books for her faithful readers, Carol glumly disparages her jackpot premise as if it’s a badly written “Star Trek” episode.

From Salon ● Nov. 26, 2025

I would like to point out that the 18th-century world Messinger so disparages also gave us the freedom of religion, freedom of speech and freedom of the press.

From Seattle Times ● Nov. 22, 2023

He feels tenderness toward her when she disparages herself this way.

From "The Namesake" by Jhumpa Lahiri

He has long disparaged what he considers the wasteful, zero-sum speed race of high-frequency trading.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 23, 2026

Other research has been disparaged for not using proper quality-control measures.

From Barron's ● Jan. 27, 2026

He disparaged Denmark in particular when recalling how in 1940 it "fell to Germany after just six hours of fighting and was totally unable to defend either itself or Greenland".

From BBC ● Jan. 21, 2026

Moreover, the tools that America helped build to tackle shared global threats, like international law and multilateral organizations such as the United Nations, have been disparaged and undermined.

From Salon ● Jan. 7, 2026

As he grew to love Maggie, Elisha disparaged her work more often.

From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock

During the “Hang Out” podcast episode, Hilton expressed regret over disparaging attacks he made on the celebrities he covered over the course of his career.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 7, 2026

And with technology growing as rapidly as it is, it behooves the company’s bottom line to avoid damning and disparaging devices outright.

From Salon ● Jun. 21, 2026

Through public-records requests, residents obtained internal messages from city officials that many in Festus find disparaging, including one referring to data-center opponents as a “sideshow of uneducated people.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 26, 2026

She once received a refund after a flight attendant made a disparaging remark about how she was dressed.

From MarketWatch ● Apr. 10, 2026

The disparaging reports caused some of those who had signed the Declaration of Sentiments to have second thoughts.

From "Votes for Women!" by Winifred Conkling