disparage

Etymology

From Middle English disparage (noun), disparagen (verb), from Old French desparage (noun), desparagier (verb), from des- (“dis-”) + parage (“equal rank, rank”).

noun

1. (obsolete) Inequality in marriage; marriage with an inferior.

verb

1. (obsolete) To match unequally; to degrade or dishonor.
2. To dishonor by a comparison with what is inferior; to lower in rank or estimation by actions or words; to speak slightingly of; to depreciate; to undervalue.
   August 30, 1706, Francis Atterbury, a sermon preach'd in the Cathedral Church of St. Paul, at the funeral of Mr. Tho. Bennet those forbidding appearances which sometimes disparage the actions of men sincerely pious
   Thou durst not thus disparage glorious arms. 1671, John Milton, Samson Agonistes
3. To ridicule, mock, discredit.
   Had he disparaged my personal appearance I should in all probability have laughed at him with lively indifference 1878, Mrs. Forrest-Grant, Riversdale Court: A Novel