2 entries under this word

Dispraise

Dis-prai'se', n.

noun

n. [Prefix dis and praise, q. v.] The act of dispraising; detraction from praise; blame; censure; reproach; dishonor; disparagement. The general has seen Moors with as bad faces; no dispraise to Bertran's. Dryden.

Dis-praïse', v. t.

verbtransitive

v. t. [imp. & p. p. DISPRAISED; p. pr. & vb. n. DISPRAISING.] To withdraw praise from; to notice with disapprobation or some degree of censure; to blame.

I dispraised him before the wicked. Shak.