Communication
Synonyms for disparaging
The synonym for disparaging recorded in this bank is derogatory, in the sense "expressive of low opinion". Below it sits the sentence that fixes that meaning, the same sentence with the swap made, and the words that only look close.
The synonym for disparaging
- derogatoryadjective, in the sense "expressive of low opinion"
A single pair, which is what a single sense earns. Words further down the page are near misses and are not synonyms for disparaging.
expressive of low opinion
Disparaging remarks about the new house.
The true synonym
derogatory
Same sentence, swapped: Derogatory remarks about the new house.
Close but different
Distractors, not synonyms. This entry has no written reason line yet, so read them against the sentence and the sense above.
- discourteous
- irreverent
- priggish
Where disparaging turns up in the game
disparaging is the word under test in one puzzle, at Tier 4, High Camp. It also sits on the board as one of the three wrong tiles in one other puzzle, where the answer is a different word entirely.
The puzzle where disparaging is the trap
- irreverentadjective, Tier 4, High Camp. The answer there is impertinent, in the sense "characterized by a lightly pert and exuberant quality", with disparaging sitting one tile away.
Play disparaging
The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so disparaging reaches you as a board rather than a definition: the sentence first, four tiles, and the meaning after you choose.
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The ring widens as it goes, from communication at High Camp outward to the whole bank.
Every word is an answer somewhere and a trap somewhere else
disparaging is an answer in 1 puzzle and a wrong tile in 1. That is how the bank is built, and it is why guessing by vibe stops working around tier three.