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dispraise
dis·praise D0282600 (dĭs-prāz′)tr.v. dis·praised, dis·prais·ing, dis·prais·es To express disapproval of; censure.n. Disapproval; censure. [Middle English dispreisen, from Old French despreiser, variant of desprisier, from Late Latin dēpretiāre; see depreciate.] dis·prais′er n.dis·prais′ing·ly adv.dispraise (dɪsˈpreɪz) vb (tr) to express disapproval or condemnation ofnthe disapproval, etc, expressed disˈpraiser n disˈpraisingly advdis•praise (dɪsˈpreɪz) v. -praised, -prais•ing, n. v.t. 1. to speak of as undeserving or unworthy; censure. n. 2. an act or instance of dispraising. [1300–50; Middle English < Anglo-French, Old French despreis(i)er=des- dis-1 + preis(i)er to praise] dis•prais′er, n. dis•prais′ing•ly, adv. dispraise Past participle: dispraised Gerund: dispraising
Imperative |
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dispraise | dispraise |
Present |
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I dispraise | you dispraise | he/she/it dispraises | we dispraise | you dispraise | they dispraise |
Preterite |
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I dispraised | you dispraised | he/she/it dispraised | we dispraised | you dispraised | they dispraised |
Present Continuous |
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I am dispraising | you are dispraising | he/she/it is dispraising | we are dispraising | you are dispraising | they are dispraising |
Present Perfect |
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I have dispraised | you have dispraised | he/she/it has dispraised | we have dispraised | you have dispraised | they have dispraised |
Past Continuous |
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I was dispraising | you were dispraising | he/she/it was dispraising | we were dispraising | you were dispraising | they were dispraising |
Past Perfect |
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I had dispraised | you had dispraised | he/she/it had dispraised | we had dispraised | you had dispraised | they had dispraised |
Future |
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I will dispraise | you will dispraise | he/she/it will dispraise | we will dispraise | you will dispraise | they will dispraise |
Future Perfect |
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I will have dispraised | you will have dispraised | he/she/it will have dispraised | we will have dispraised | you will have dispraised | they will have dispraised |
Future Continuous |
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I will be dispraising | you will be dispraising | he/she/it will be dispraising | we will be dispraising | you will be dispraising | they will be dispraising |
Present Perfect Continuous |
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I have been dispraising | you have been dispraising | he/she/it has been dispraising | we have been dispraising | you have been dispraising | they have been dispraising |
Future Perfect Continuous |
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I will have been dispraising | you will have been dispraising | he/she/it will have been dispraising | we will have been dispraising | you will have been dispraising | they will have been dispraising |
Past Perfect Continuous |
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I had been dispraising | you had been dispraising | he/she/it had been dispraising | we had been dispraising | you had been dispraising | they had been dispraising |
Conditional |
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I would dispraise | you would dispraise | he/she/it would dispraise | we would dispraise | you would dispraise | they would dispraise |
Past Conditional |
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I would have dispraised | you would have dispraised | he/she/it would have dispraised | we would have dispraised | you would have dispraised | they would have dispraised | ThesaurusNoun | 1. | dispraise - the act of speaking contemptuously ofdisparagementdisapproval - the act of disapproving or condemningbelittling - the act of belittlingdeprecation, denigration - the act of expressing disapproval (especially of yourself)detraction - the act of discrediting or detracting from someone's reputation (especially by slander); "let it be no detraction from his merits to say he is plainspoken" |
dispraise
Synonyms for dispraisenoun the act of speaking contemptuously ofSynonymsRelated Words- disapproval
- belittling
- deprecation
- denigration
- detraction
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