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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