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dispraise

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of dispraise

to express one's unfavorable opinion of the worth or quality of

the movie is an old-fashioned romance, and in calling it that, I don't mean to dispraise it at all

Synonyms of dispraise

blame, censure, condemn, criticize, denounce, dis (also diss) [slang], fault, knock, pan, reprehend, slag [chiefly British]

Words Related to dispraise

assail, attack, blast, clobber, slam, slash

nick (at), snipe (at)

beef, bellyache, bitch, carp, cavil, complain, crab, croak, fuss, gripe, grouse, growl, grumble, kick, kvetch, moan, murmur, mutter, niggle, quibble, whine

admonish, chide, drub, rebuke, reprimand, reproach, reprove

berate, castigate, crucify, excoriate, flay, gibbet, hammer, keelhaul, lambaste (or lambast), lash, pillory, scold, upbraid

bad-mouth, belittle, decry, deride, discommend, disparage, put down

Phrases Synonymous with dispraise

come down hard (on), find fault (with), take to task

Near Antonyms of dispraise

approve, commend, endorse (also indorse), recommend, sanction

Antonyms of dispraise

extol (also extoll), laud, praise

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