dispraise
noun
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Pronunciation: /dɪˈspɹeɪz/
noun
Etymology: From Old French despreisier. Doublet of disprize.
- 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.”
verb
Etymology: From Old French despreisier. Doublet of disprize.
- 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.”