At root, to degrade by marrying below one's station. Used as "to belittle" now.
"Home, home on the range...
Where never is heard
a disparaging word..."
Disparage
Re: Disparage
Except that the version of "Home on the range" that I learned had
"where never is heard a discouraging word", your version works too.
"where never is heard a discouraging word", your version works too.
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Re: Disparage
My version, too. I was just going for using it in a different way.
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