DISPRAISING Synonyms: 82 Similar and Opposite Words

dispraising

verb

present participle of dispraise

as in criticizing

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

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Trump and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth had again been aggressively criticizing NATO for its lack of support over Iran and for failing to spend anywhere near enough money on its own security.

— Justina Lee, CNBC, 10 July 2026
That didn't stop the public from criticizing the weekend congestion.

— Noe Padilla, USA Today, 10 July 2026

Definition of criticizing

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The way the end of this match played out has commentators and social media going all out in blaming Thomas Tuchel for England’s loss.

— Aleks Klosok, CNN Money, 15 July 2026
Masterson filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy in 2010, blaming his financial predicament on a former employee’s errors.

— Matthew Kelly, Kansas City Star, 15 July 2026

Definition of blaming

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The 27-year-old hasn’t been in the Kodak since publicly condemning both parents in a scathing Instagram Story back in January.

— Madeleine Marr, Miami Herald, 9 July 2026
Canada now spearheads an annual resolution at the United Nations General Assembly condemning Iran’s dismal human-rights record.

— Arash Azizi, The Atlantic, 8 July 2026

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Most earthquakes in North America east of the Rockies, per USGS, occur as faulting within bedrock, usually miles deep.

— Tess Kenny, Chicago Tribune, 8 July 2026
And while criticism of insurance companies was bipartisan, Republicans and Democrats also blamed one another for the crisis, with the GOP faulting Obamacare and Democrats accusing Republicans of using the hearings to deflect from their own inaction to address rising premiums.

— Berkeley Lovelace Jr, NBC news, 22 Jan. 2026

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The Times has since issued a statement denouncing the subpoenas.

— Bailey Richards, PEOPLE, 11 July 2026
During Democratic presidencies, which the DSA mostly spends denouncing the occupant of the Oval Office as a sellout, Democratic loyalists have less patience for factional complaints.

— Jonathan Chait, The Atlantic, 1 July 2026

Definition of denouncing

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