DISPRAISE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does dispraise mean? 

• DISPRAISE (noun)
  The noun DISPRAISE has 1 sense:

1. the act of speaking contemptuously of

  Familiarity information: DISPRAISE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• DISPRAISE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The act of speaking contemptuously of

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

disparagement; dispraise

Hypernyms ("dispraise" is a kind of...):

disapproval (the act of disapproving or condemning)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "dispraise"):

belittling (the act of belittling)

denigration; deprecation (the act of expressing disapproval (especially of yourself))

detraction (the act of discrediting or detracting from someone's reputation (especially by slander))