dispraise

Speech parts

1. dispraise - Noun

2. dispraise - Verb

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

The act of dispraising; detraction; blame censure; reproach; disparagement.

Source: Webster's dictionary

disparagement attack hammer pan slam abuse minimize fault blast blame discount knock diminish slate condemn

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adore praise acclaim appreciate hail admire

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diparesis

Thy praise or dispraise is to me alike; One doth not stroke me, nor the other strike. Ben Jonson

Honor Wisdom; and deny it not to them that would learn; and shew it unto them that dispraise it! Sow not the sea fields! Pythagoras

Praise little, dispraise less. English Proverb