dispraise Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun the act of speaking contemptuously of
    disparagement.

WordNet

Dis*praise" transitive verb
Etymology
OE. dispreisen, OF. desprisier, despreisier, F. dépriser; pref. des- (L. dis-) + prisier, F. priser, to prize, praise. See Praise, and cf. Disprize, Depreciate.
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Dispraised ; present participle & verbal noun Dispraising
Definitions
  1. To withdraw praise from; to notice with disapprobation or some degree of censure; to disparage; to blame.
    Dispraising the power of his adversaries. Chaucer.
    I dispraised him before the wicked, that the wicked might not fall in love with him. Shak.
Dis*praise" noun
Etymology
Cf. OF. despris. See Dispraise, v. t.
Definitions
  1. The act of dispraising; detraction; blame censure; reproach; disparagement. Dryden.
    In praise and in dispraise the same. Tennyson.

Webster 1913