DISPARAGE is a term used to describe the act of speaking negatively about someone or something. It CAN be done in many ways, such as roasting, ridiculing, mocking, derogating, discrediting, depreciating, disheartening, detracting, debunking, dispraising, disapproving, underestimating, discouraging, defaming, slamming, reproaching, bagging, canning, rapping, panning, denying, hating, riding, slurring, abusing, blaming, chilling, knocking, libeling, lowering, scolding, scorning, shaming, smearing, sneering, spoofing, abasing, decrying, damaging, dejecting, demeaning, dumpon, ignoring, maligning, offending, parodying, scorching, slighting, vilifying, deriding, insulting, rainingon, reviling, censuring, cheapening, condemning, crydown, degrading, depressing, DISDAIN, and more. All of these words are related to the term DISPARAGE, and they all describe different ways of speaking negatively about someone or something.