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[syn: disparagement, dispraise]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
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.
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Dispraising the power of his adversaries. --Chaucer.
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I dispraised him before the wicked, that the wicked
might not fall in love with him. --Shak.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Dispraise \Dis*praise"\, n. [Cf. OF. despris. See Dispraise,
v. t.]
The act of dispraising; detraction; blame censure; reproach;
disparagement. --Dryden.
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In praise and in dispraise the same. --Tennyson.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
dispraise
n 1: the act of speaking contemptuously of [syn:
disparagement, dispraise]