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dispraise

[ dis-preyz ]

verb (used with object)

, dis·praised, dis·prais·ing.
  1. to speak of as undeserving or unworthy; censure; disparage.


noun

  1. an act or instance of dispraising; censure.

dispraise

/ dɪsˈpreɪz /

verb

  1. tr to express disapproval or condemnation of
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


noun

  1. the disapproval, etc, expressed
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • disˈpraisingly, adverb
  • disˈpraiser, noun
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Other Words From

  • dis·praiser noun
  • dis·praising·ly adverb
  • self-dis·praise noun
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Word History and Origins

Origin of dispraise1

1300–50; Middle English < Anglo-French, Old French despreis ( i ) er, equivalent to des- dis- 1 + preis ( i ) er to praise
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Example Sentences

Of course, once western culture could be a term of praise, it was bound to become a term of dispraise, too.

Having said this, I have said all that can be said in dispraise of the vessel.

That Browning has outdone all other poets in this particular should be to his honor, not to his dispraise.

Still, I venture on remarking that the doctrine of Evolution has acquired both praise and dispraise which it does not deserve.

She sighed a murmur of dispraise, At which, methought, the rafters shook.

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