dispraise
Collocations
3VERB + DISPRAISE
say
DISPRAISE + NOUN
'her, defence
PREP.
in
Definitions
verb
To notice with disapprobation or some degree of censure; to disparage, to criticize.
They spake agaynst it, and dispraysed it, raylinge on it.
Although I dispraise not the defence of just immunities, yet love my peace better, if that were all.
noun
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.
Pierre Petit, in 1683, devoted a long Latin poem to his dis-praise; and Parnell's charming Ode is well known.
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Synonyms
noun — the act of speaking contemptuously of
- disparagement
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Idioms & Phrases
Example Bank
5They spake agaynst it, and dispraysed it, raylinge on it.
WiktionaryAlthough I dispraise not the defence of just immunities, yet love my peace better, if that were all.
Wiktionary"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.'
WiktionaryTheir censure did not much affect him; for the good-natured young man was disposed to accept with considerable humility the dispraises of others.
WiktionaryPierre Petit, in 1683, devoted a long Latin poem to his dis-praise; and Parnell's charming Ode is well known.
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