What is another word for dispraise?
Pronunciation:
[ dɪspɹˈe͡ɪz], [ dɪspɹˈeɪz], [ d_ɪ_s_p_ɹ_ˈeɪ_z]
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Similar words for dispraise:
- act (noun)
- other relevant words (noun)
- affront (verb)
- belittle (verb)
- depreciate (verb)
- diminish (verb)
- disapprove (verb)
- discount (verb)
- disparage (verb)
- other synonyms
- condemn
- detract
- disapprove
- discount
- other relevant words
- reproach
- other relevant words (noun)
Synonyms for Dispraise:
n.
• act (noun) • Other relevant words: (noun)v.
• affront (verb)- displease,
- criticize,
- vex,
- slight,
- pique,
- give the cold shoulder,
- meet,
- confront,
- face,
- annoy,
- taunt,
- abuse,
- slander,
- outrage,
- anger.
- derogate,
- downplay,
- underestimate,
- scorn,
- write off,
- deprecate,
- smear,
- scorch,
- rip,
- lower,
- bad-mouth,
- take down,
- deride,
- undervalue,
- run down,
- discredit,
- pan,
- decry,
- minimize,
- slam,
- squelch,
- sour grapes,
- tear down,
- downgrade,
- underrate,
- blister,
- knock.
- humble,
- asperse,
- denigrate,
- vilify,
- attack,
- fault,
- contemn,
- censure,
- traduce,
- rap,
- discountenance,
- malign,
- disgrace,
- denounce,
- calumniate,
- slur,
- condemn,
- revile,
- spurn,
- look down on,
- detract,
- defame.
- put away,
- knock off high horse,
- demean,
- give comeuppance,
- poormouth,
- devalue,
- detract from,
- cheapen.
- nix,
- deplore,
- reprobate,
- expostulate,
- dismiss,
- blame,
- reprove,
- refuse,
- disallow,
- Discommend,
- pass on,
- object to,
- turn down,
- veto,
- dislike,
- damn,
- disfavor,
- zing,
- look askance at,
- set aside,
- chastise,
- oppose,
- reject,
- take exception to,
- frown on,
- take dim view of,
- remonstrate,
- reprehend,
- disesteem,
- find unacceptable.
Other synonyms:
• condemn • detract • disapprove- passed on,
- frowned on,
- reprobates,
- passes on,
- setting aside,
- Reprobated,
- passing on,
- Disfavored,
- Reprobating,
- Disfavoring,
- zinging,
- nixing.
- sneer at,
- running down,
- take a swipe at,
- lowered,
- take down a peg,
- badmouth,
- underrated,
- diminish,
- make fun of,
- encounter,
- Faulting,
- put hooks in,
- cut to the quick,
- scoffed at,
- dumped on,
- dissing,
- DISES,
- torn down,
- Slurring,
- disparage,
- find fault with,
- dispraises,
- roast,
- Dispraised,
- take swipe at,
- pooh pooh,
- ripping,
- shoot down,
- blistered,
- Faulted,
- opprobriate,
- offend,
- be little,
- maligned,
- give a zinger,
- speak ill of,
- shot down,
- poor mouth,
- provoke,
- put down,
- depreciate,
- downcry,
- squash,
- dump on,
- dis,
- cry down,
- under-estimates,
- affront,
- Slammed,
- discount,
- shoot full of holes,
- Ridiculed,
- cut down to size,
- Squashing,
- clamor against,
- Dispraising,
- undervalued,
- hit where one lives,
- scoff at.
- denigration,
- reprobation,
- contempt,
- berate,
- hold in contempt,
- depreciatory,
- disapprobation,
- deprecation,
- condemnation,
- slag,
- Disvaluation,
- Vilipend,
- animadversion,
- call names,
- opprobrium,
- reflection,
- reprimand,
- aspersion,
- denunciation,
- reproach,
- detraction,
- ostracism,
- Disestimation,
- rebuke,
- derogation,
- deprecating,
- blameworthy,
- chide,
- disrespect,
- obloquy,
- reprovingly,
- reprehension,
- black list,
- tar and feather,
- Discommendation,
- blameable,
- blameful,
- make faces,
- slighting,
- rebukingly,
- criticism,
- find guilty,
- depreciation,
- deprecatory,
- abatement,
- culpable.
How to use "Dispraise" in context?
Many people use the word "dispraise" without realizing the full meaning. To dispraise is to speak disparagingly of someone or something. For example, if someone does something that you think is unsatisfactory, you might say that they "dispraised [their] work." Sometimes dispraise is used when someone is actually complimenting someone else. For example, a teacher might say that a student's work "dispraised [the] standard," which means that the work met or exceeded the expectations of the teacher.
Homophones for Dispraise:
Hypernym for Dispraise:
n.
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act
belittling, deprecation, detraction, denigration.
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act
Hyponym for Dispraise:
n.
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act
disapproval.
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act
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