Antonyms for dispraise
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : dis-preyz |
| Phonetic Transcription : dɪsˈpreɪz |
- accept
- admire
- agree
- aid
- allow
- appease
- approve
- assuage
- attend
- avoid
- believe
- build up
- calm
- cherish
- commend
- compliment
- defend
- delight
- develop
- encourage
- endorse
- enhance
- enlarge
- esteem
- exaggerate
- exalt
- expand
- extend
- flatter
- gain value
- gratify
- grow
- hearten
- help
- honor
- increase
- inspirit
- laud
- lengthen
- like
- love
- make happy
- mark up
- maximize
- mollify
- overestimate
- overrate
- overvalue
- pay attention
- permit
- placate
- please
- praise
- prolong
- promote
- protect
- raise
- rate
- ratify
- recognize
- recommend
- regard
- remember
- respect
- retreat
- revere
- sanction
- satisfy
- soothe
- support
- trust
- upgrade
- value
- welcome
Definition of dispraise
- As in run down : verb ridicule
- As in belittle : verb detract
- As in affront : verb insult or involve in entanglement
- As in depreciate : verb belittle, ridicule
- As in diminish : verb belittle
- As in disapprove : verb condemn
- As in discount : verb ignore; treat as insignificant
- As in disparage : verb criticize; detract from
- Far be it from me to write a word in dispraise of Alexander Wilson.
- Extract from : « The International Monthly, Volume 2, No. 4, March, 1851 » by Various
- May I dispraise another's commodity to draw the buyer to my own?
- Extract from : « A Christian Directory (Part 4 of 4) » by Richard Baxter
- His modeling arouses tempests, either of dispraise or idolatry.
- Extract from : « Rodin: The Man and his Art » by Judith Cladel
- Although I dispraise not the defence of just immunities, yet love my peace better, if that were all.
- Extract from : « Areopagitica » by John Milton
- Yet I own, it doth increase it, and not so only, but dispraise doth diminish it.
- Extract from : « The Confessions of Saint Augustine » by Saint Augustine
- This the critics allow me, and while they like my wares, they may dispraise my writing.
- Extract from : « The Anglo-French Entente in the Seventeenth Century » by Charles Bastide
- She sighed a murmur of dispraise, At which, methought, the rafters shook.
- Extract from : « Julia Ward Howe » by Laura E. Richards
- This book is not written in praise or dispraise of living men.
- Extract from : « The Earl of Mayo » by William Wilson Hunter
- You do not know him as I do, Dovenald, or you would not breathe a word in his dispraise.
- Extract from : « The Thirsty Sword » by Robert Leighton
- Memorize what Aesop said in praise of the tongue, and what he said in dispraise of it.
- Extract from : « De La Salle Fifth Reader » by Brothers of the Christian Schools
Synonyms for dispraise
- abuse
- anger
- annoy
- asperse
- attack
- bad-mouth
- belittle
- blame
- blink at
- blister
- brush off
- calumniate
- censure
- chastise
- cheapen
- chill
- clamor against
- condemn
- confront
- contemn
- criticize
- cry down
- cut down to size
- cut to the quick
- damn
- decry
- defame
- degrade
- deject
- demean
- demoralize
- denigrate
- denounce
- deplore
- deprecate
- depreciate
- deride
- derogate
- detract
- detract from
- devalue
- diminish
- dis
- disallow
- disbelieve
- discommend
- discount
- discountenance
- discourage
- discredit
- disdain
- disesteem
- disfavor
- disgrace
- dishearten
- dislike
- dismiss
- disparage
- dispirit
- displease
- dispraise
- disregard
- doubt
- downcry
- downgrade
- downplay
- dump on
- encounter
- expostulate
- face
- fail
- fault
- find fault with
- find unacceptable
- forget
- frown on
- give a zinger
- give comeuppance
- give the cold shoulder
- hit where one lives
- humble
- knock
- knock off high horse
- look askance at
- look down on
- lower
- make fun of
- malign
- meet
- minimize
- mistrust
- neglect
- nix
- object to
- offend
- omit
- oppose
- opprobriate
- outrage
- overlook
- overpass
- pan
- pass on
- pass over
- pique
- pooh pooh
- poor mouth
- poormouth
- provoke
- put away
- put down
- put hooks in
- question
- rap
- refuse
- reject
- remonstrate
- reprehend
- reprobate
- reprove
- revile
- ridicule
- rip
- roast
- run down
- scoff at
- scorch
- scorn
- scout
- set aside
- shoot down
- shoot full of holes
- slam
- slander
- slight
- slur
- smear
- sneer at
- sour grapes
- speak ill of
- spurn
- squash
- squelch
- take a swipe at
- take dim view of
- take down
- take down a peg
- take exception to
- taunt
- tear down
- traduce
- turn down
- underestimate
- underrate
- undervalue
- veto
- vex
- vilify
- write off
- zing
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