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"Speak ill of"2 answers
vilify6 lettersdisparage9 letters
Filled answer is this word (DISPARAGE).
Definitions
express a negative opinion of
Word origin
From Middle English disparage (noun), disparagen (verb), from Old French desparage (noun), desparagier (verb), from des- (“dis-”) + parage (“equal rank, rank”).
Used in a sentence
“But, for his meane degree might not aspire / To match so high, her friends with counsell sage / Dissuaded her from such a disparage […]”
“Alas! that any of my nation Should ever so foul disparaged be.”
“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”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
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01“Speak ill of”9 letters
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