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Entry 2 senses · 2 variants Webster, 1913

Dispraise

· Dis·praise · IPA /dɪˈspɹeɪz/
01 v. t. To withdraw praise from; to notice with disapprobation or some degree of censure; to disparage; to blame.
imp. & p. p. Dispraised; p. pr. & vb. n. Dispraising
  1. 1.
    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.
02 n. The act of dispraising; detraction; blame censure; reproach; disparagement.
  1. 1.
    The act of dispraising; detraction; blame censure; reproach; disparagement.
    “In praise and in dispraise the same.” — Tennyson.