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Disparaging vs Calumnious - What's the difference?

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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)
  • Insulting, ridiculing.
  • The candidate made disparaging remarks about his opponent, but they only made him seem small for insulting a worthy adversary.

    Synonyms

    * degrading

    Verb

    (head)
  • Noun

    (en noun)
  • disparagement
  • * Thomas Hardy
  • I am tracked by phantoms having weird detective ways Men with a wintry sneer, and women with tart disparagings .

    calumnious

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • possessing the traits of calumny
  • Derived terms

    * calumniousness

    Synonyms

    * See also