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Dispraise

Dispraise Meaning & Definition
Dispraise Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Dispraise?

[n] the act of speaking contemptuously of

Synonyms | Synonyms for Dispraise: disparagement

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See Also | belittling | denigration | deprecation | detraction | disapproval

Dispraise In Webster's Dictionary

\Dis*praise"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Dispraised}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Dispraising}.] [OE. dispreisen, OF. desprisier, despreisier, F. d['e]priser; pref. des- (L. dis-) + prisier, F. priser, to prize, praise. See {Praise}, and cf. {Disprize}, {Depreciate}.] 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. [Cf. OF. despris. See {Dispraise}, v. t.] The act of dispraising; detraction; blame censure; reproach; disparagement. --Dryden. In praise and in dispraise the same. --Tennyson.

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