Definitions for dispraise
dɪsˈpreɪzdis·praise

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. disparagement, dispraisenoun

   the act of speaking contemptuously of

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. dispraiseverb

   To notice with disapprobation or some degree of censure; to disparage, to criticize.

2. Etymology: From despreisier.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Dispraisenoun

   Blame; censure; dishonour.

   Etymology: dis and praise.

   If I can do it,
   By aught that I can speak in his dispraise,
   She shall not long continue love to him. William Shakespeare.

   To me reproach
   Rather belongs, distrust, and all dispraise. John Milton, Par. Lost.

   Nothing is here for tears, nothing to wail
   Or knock the breasts; no weakness, no contempt,
   Dispraise or blame. John Milton, Agonistes, l. 1723.

   I need not raise
   Trophies to thee from other mens dispraise. John Denham.

   Looks fright not men: the general has seen Moors
   With as bad faces; no dispraise to Bertran’s. John Dryden, Sp. Fry.

   If any writer shall do this paper so much honour as to inscribe the title of it to others, the whole praise or dispraise of such a performance will belong to some other author. Addison.

   My faults will not be hid, and it is no dispraise to me that they will not: the cleanness of one’s mind is never better proved than in discovering its own faults. Alexander Pope.

2. To Dispraiseverb

   To blame; to censure; to condemn.

   Etymology: from the noun.

   In praising Anthony, I have disprais’d Cæsar. William Shakespeare.

   No abuse, Ned, in the world; honest Ned, none: I dispraised him before the wicked, that the wicked might not fall in love with him; in which doing, I have done the part of a careful friend. William Shakespeare, Henry IV. p. ii.

   The criticks, while they like my wares, may dispraise my writing. Spectator, №. 288.

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1. dispraise

   Dispraise refers to the act of expressing criticism, disapproval, or condemnation. It implies voicing negative evaluation or judgment against someone or something.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Dispraiseverb

   to withdraw praise from; to notice with disapprobation or some degree of censure; to disparage; to blame

2. Dispraiseverb

   the act of dispraising; detraction; blame censure; reproach; disparagement

3. Etymology: [OE. dispreisen, OF. desprisier, despreisier, F. dpriser; pref. des- (L. dis-) + prisier, F. priser, to prize, praise. See Praise, and cf. Disprize, Depreciate.]

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Dispraise

   dis-prāz′, n. blame: reproach: dishonour.—v.t. to blame: to censure.—n. Disprais′er.—adv. Disprais′ingly. [O. Fr. despreisier, des—L. dis, neg., preisier, to praise.]

Matched Categories

1. • Disapproval

How to pronounce dispraise?

1. Alex

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   David

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   Mark

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   Daniel

   British

   Libby

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   Mia

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   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

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   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

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   Neerja

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   Zira

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   Oliver

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   Wendy

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   Fred

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   Tessa

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of dispraise in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of dispraise in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=dispraise
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Dispraise
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=dispraise
4. ^ ChatGPT
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5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dispraise
6. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=dispraise