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Meanings of disparager in English

Catalan
detractor
Spanish
desacreditador

One who disparages or belittles the worth of something.

detractor
Synonyms
Examples for "knocker"
Examples for "knocker"
1
He used the tarnished brass knocker, got no answer, and rapped again.
Salem’s Lot
2
She managed to reach the front door and to lift the knocker.
A Little Maid of Old Maine
3
Then we must fasten up the knocker and take off the bell.
Through the Fray: A Tale of the Luddite Riots
4
This remark was a knocker; I could not say anything to that.
Botchan (Master Darling)
5
At the rat-tat-tat of the knocker her heart flew into her mouth.
To-morrow
1
Thou shalt not be a detractor nor a whisperer among the people.
The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Old Testament — Part 1
2
Alone, of all the vegetables, stood spinach, with not a single detractor.
One Third Off
3
To the slight of the detractor or aspersion of the defamer:
Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Vol...
4
Later on, however, he inquired concerning the identity of this detractor.
Shallow Soil
5
Detractors say the law has hurt smaller banks and hamstrung the economy.
Reuters
1
He poses, to be sure, as a depreciator of woman.
Modern American Prose Selections
2
Thirdly, two scraps from letters from Stevenson to Henley, to show that the latter was not always a depreciator of R. L. Stevenson's work:
Robert Louis Stevenson: A Record, an Estimate, and a Memorial
3
The priest himself paid no attention either to his eulogists or his depreciators.
After Dark
4
The mistake his depreciators make, however, is in thinking that his story ends here.
Old and New Masters
5
None of the depreciators of the Chinaman, however, have yet impeached him of a fondness for intoxicating liquors.
Punchinello, Volume 1, No. 20, August 13, 1870
Usage of disparager in English
1
Cato himself, who was certainly no disparager of his own merits, says that a great many were killed, but he specifies no number.
The History of Rome, Books 27 to 36
2
The two persons most active in "getting up" this testimonial were, nominally, Colonel Poyntz-intruth, his wife-andmy old disparager, Mr. Vigors!
A Strange Story — Volume 07
3
The disparagers of culture make its motive curiosity; sometimes, indeed, they make its motive mere exclusiveness and vanity.
The Best of the World's Classics, Restricted to Prose, Vol. VI (...
4
This may be one reason why Cooper has more admirers, or at least fewer disparagers, abroad than at home.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 09, No. 51, January, 1862 / A Magaz...
5
"Smart actin's better than smart lookin'," Drew answered the disparagers now.
Ride Proud, Rebel!
6
"Even you," said Barbara, as though I were a sort of Schopenhauer, a professional disparager of her sex-"evenyou have a high opinion of Mrs.
Jaffery
Translations for disparager
Catalan
detractor
Disparager through the time