Meaning

1 senses

  1. To notice with disapprobation or some degree of censure; to disparage, to criticize.

Origin

From Old French despreisier. Doublet of disprize.

From Old French despreisier. Doublet of disprize.

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Forms

dispraises, dispraising, dispraised, dispraised
Base formdispraise · to dispraise
3rd person singulardispraises
Present participledispraising
Past simpledispraised
Past participledispraised

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theydispraise
he, she, itdispraises

Past simpleLesson

all personsdispraised

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave dispraised
he, she, ithas dispraised

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill dispraise

Synonyms

90 synonyms
slashB2blameA2blastB2chargeB1condemnB2criticizeA2denounceC2deprecateC2dragB1lectureB1rateB2rebukeC2reproachC2reproveB2

Word family

1 related words
Deriveddispraiser

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
disposedispositionB2dispossessdisproportionatedisproportionatelydisprove
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