3 definitions found From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Dispraise \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. [1913 Webster] Dispraising the power of his adversaries. --Chaucer. [1913 Webster] I dispraised him before the wicked, that the wicked might not fall in love with him. --Shak. [1913 Webster] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Dispraise \Dis*praise"\, n. [Cf. OF. despris. See {Dispraise}, v. t.] The act of dispraising; detraction; blame censure; reproach; disparagement. --Dryden. [1913 Webster] In praise and in dispraise the same. --Tennyson. [1913 Webster] From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]: dispraise n : the act of speaking contemptuously of [syn: {disparagement}]
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