vilipend Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. verb belittle
    deprecate; depreciate.
    • The teacher should not deprecate his student's efforts

WordNet

Vil"i*pend transitive verb
Etymology
L. vilipendere; vilis vile + pendere to weigh, to value: cf. F. vilipender.
Definitions
  1. To value lightly; to depreciate; to slight; to despise.
    To vilipend the art of portrait painting. Longfellow.

Webster 1913