dispraise

dis·praise

 (dĭs-prāz′)

tr.v. dis·praised, dis·prais·ing, dis·prais·es

To express disapproval of; censure.

n.

Disapproval; censure.

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[Middle English dispreisen, from Old French despreiser, variant of desprisier, from Late Latin dēpretiāre; see depreciate.]

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dis·prais′er n.

dis·prais′ing·ly adv.

dispraise

(dɪsˈpreɪz)

vb

(tr) to express disapproval or condemnation of

n

the disapproval, etc, expressed

disˈpraiser n

disˈpraisingly adv

dis•praise

(dɪsˈpreɪz)

v. -praised, -prais•ing,
n. v.t.

1. to speak of as undeserving or unworthy; censure.

n.

2. an act or instance of dispraising.

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

dis•prais′er, n.

dis•prais′ing•ly, adv.

dispraise

Past participle: dispraised
Gerund: dispraising

Imperative

dispraise

dispraise

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

dispraise - the act of speaking contemptuously of disparagement disapproval - the act of disapproving or condemning belittling - the act of belittling deprecation, denigration - the act of expressing disapproval (especially of yourself) detraction - the act of discrediting or detracting from someone's reputation (especially by slander); "let it be no detraction from his merits to say he is plainspoken"