'Dispraise' definitions:
Definition of 'dispraise'
(from WordNet)
noun
The act of speaking contemptuously of [syn: disparagement, dispraise]
Definition of 'Dispraise'
From: 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]
Definition of 'Dispraise'
From: 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]