DISPRAISE

disparagement, dispraise

(noun) the act of speaking contemptuously of

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Verb

dispraise (third-person singular simple present dispraises, present participle dispraising, simple past and past participle dispraised)

To notice with disapprobation or some degree of censure; to disparage, to criticize.

Noun

dispraise

Blame; reproach.

Anagrams

• diparesis

Source: Wiktionary

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Dis*praise", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Dispraised; p. pr. & vb. n. Dispraising.] Etym: [OE. dispreisen, OF. desprisier, despreisier, F. dépriser; pref. des- (L. dis-) + prisier, F. priser, to prize, praise. See Praise, and cf. Disprize, Depreciate.]

Definition: To withdraw praise from; to notice with disapprobation or some degree of censure; to disparage; to blame. Dispraising the power of his adversaries. Chaucer. I dispraised him before the wicked, that the wicked might not fall in love with him. Shak.

Dis*praise", n. Etym: [Cf. OF. despris. See Dispraise, v. t.]

Definition: The act of dispraising; detraction; blame censure; reproach; disparagement. Dryden. In praise and in dispraise the same. Tennyson.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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