dispraise
Use Dispraise in a sentence
verb (used with object)
1.
to speak of as undeserving or unworthy; censure; disparage.
noun
2.
an act or instance of dispraising; censure.
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dispraise (dɪsˈpreɪz) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —vb | |
| 1. | (tr) to express disapproval or condemnation of |
| —n | |
| 2. | the disapproval, etc, expressed |
| dis'praiser | |
| —n | |
| dis'praisingly | |
| —adv | |
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If it is not a proverb, it ought to be, that self-dispraise goes little ways.
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