dispraise
UK/dɪˈspɹeɪz/
dispraise verb: to notice with disapprobation or some degree of censure; to disparage, to criticize.
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.
- They spake agaynst it, and dispraysed it, raylinge on it.1526, [William Tyndale, transl.], The Newe Testamẽt […] (Tyndale Bible), [Worms, Germany: Peter Schöffer], →OCLC, Acts
- Although I dispraise not the defence of just immunities, yet love my peace better, if that were all.1644, John Milton, Areopagitica
- Synonyms:
- censure, find fault, denigrate, downplay, admonish, animadvert, bash, bawl out, tilt, cannonade
Noun
dispraise (countable and uncountable, plural dispraises)
- Blame; reproach; disapproval; criticism.
- Their censure did not much affect him; for the good-natured young man was disposed to accept with considerable humility the dispraises of others.1848 November – 1850 December, William Makepeace Thackeray, chapter 42, in The History of Pendennis. […], volume (please specify |volume=I or II), London: Bradbury and Evans, […], published...
- Pierre Petit, in 1683, devoted a long Latin poem to his dis-praise; and Parnell's charming Ode is well known.1880, William Blades, The Enemies of Books, page 60
- Synonyms:
- censure, disapprobation, reprehension, attainder, attainture, attaintment, blame, condemnation, condemning, damnation
dispraise meaning in Tamil, Urdu and Kannada
dispraise in Tamil
- dispraise, defamation, affront, contempt, censure, contumely, reproach, abuse, reviling, scorn
- இகழ் ikaḻ
dispraise in Urdu
- dispraise, reproach
- ہجو hajv
- dispraise, abuse
- مذمت maẕammat
dispraise in Kannada
- ಹಳಿ, ಹೀಗಳೆ, ಜರೆ
Examples of dispraise in a sentence
- "What," thought Edward, "the poet says in praise of one beauty, I say in dispraise of another: 'Her eyes, like suns, the rash beholder strike, But, like the sun, they shine on all alike.'1831, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter XVIII, in Romance and Reality. […], volume III, London: Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley...
- He became familiar with that habit of mind which dispraises what it most envies and admires: with that habit of mind which desires only what it cannot have.1992, Hilary Mantel, A Place of Greater Safety, Harper Perennial, published 2007, page 157:
Synonyms of dispraise
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Forms of dispraise
| Verb | |
|---|---|
| third-person singular present | dispraises |
| present participle | dispraising |
| past participle | dispraised |
| past | dispraised |
| Noun | |
| plural | dispraises |
Origin of dispraise
From Old French despreisier. Doublet of disprize.
Words formed from dispraise
Questions about dispraise
- What does dispraise mean?
- Dispraise means to notice with disapprobation or some degree of censure; to disparage, to criticize.
- What is dispraise in Tamil?
- Dispraise in Tamil is இகழ் (ikaḻ). See Dispraise meaning in Tamil.
- How do you use dispraise in a sentence?
- "What," thought Edward, "the poet says in praise of one beauty, I say in dispraise of another: 'Her eyes, like suns, the rash beholder strike, But, like the sun, they shine on all alike.'
- What part of speech is dispraise?
- Dispraise can be a verb or a noun.
- How do you pronounce dispraise?
- Dispraise is pronounced /dɪˈspɹeɪz/ (UK).
- What is the past tense of dispraise?
- The past tense of dispraise is dispraised.
Words near dispraise in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: dispraise (page history and authors); இகழ் (Tamil) (page history and authors); مذمت (Urdu) (page history and authors); dispraise (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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