Antonyms for dispraise


Grammar : Verb
Spell : dis-preyz
Phonetic Transcription : dɪsˈpreɪz


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
Example sentences :
  • 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

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