Disparaging vs Calumnious - What's the difference?
disparaging | calumnious | Related terms |
Insulting, ridiculing.
disparagement
* Thomas Hardy
Disparaging is a related term of calumnious.
As adjectives the difference between disparaging and calumnious
is that disparaging is insulting, ridiculing while calumnious is possessing the traits of calumny.As a verb disparaging
is .As a noun disparaging
is disparagement.disparaging
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- The candidate made disparaging remarks about his opponent, but they only made him seem small for insulting a worthy adversary.
Synonyms
* degradingVerb
(head)Noun
(en noun)- I am tracked by phantoms having weird detective ways Men with a wintry sneer, and women with tart disparagings .