Antonyms for prized


Grammar : Verb
Spell : prahyz
Phonetic Transcription : praɪz


Definition of prized

Origin :
  • "highly esteemed," 1530s, adjective from prize (n.1.), or from past participle of Middle English prisen "to prize, value" (late 14c.), from stem of Old French preisier "to praise" (see praise (v.)).
  • verb value highly
Example sentences :
  • In this new land, education will be every citizen's most prized possession.
  • Extract from : « United States Presidents' Inaugural Speeches » by Various
  • He prized him as an heir rather than treasured him as a son.
  • Extract from : « Night and Morning, Complete » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton
  • But it was almost enough—almost, not quite, dearly as she prized it.
  • Extract from : « The Fortune Hunter » by Louis Joseph Vance
  • Surely what they prized so highly must have had real and lasting worth?
  • Extract from : « Albert Durer » by T. Sturge Moore
  • What are all the felicities I talk of, and have prized so much?
  • Extract from : « Imogen » by William Godwin
  • This oration should be prized, so to speak, for its "ancient simplicity."
  • Extract from : « Christopher Columbus and His Monument Columbia » by Various
  • A quaint and charming place, known and prized by a select few.
  • Extract from : « Ireland as It Is » by Robert John Buckley (AKA R.J.B.)
  • The qualities he most prized in boys were courage, purity, veracity.
  • Extract from : « War Letters of a Public-School Boy » by Paul Jones.
  • But she prized only those which her husband had given to her.
  • Extract from : « The White Lie » by William Le Queux
  • I know that gems are prized as bringing safety when one has a fall.
  • Extract from : « Erasmus and the Age of Reformation » by Johan Huizinga

Synonyms for prized

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