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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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Recent Examples of Synonyms for dispraising
  1. criticizing
  2. blaming
  3. condemning
  4. faulting
  5. knocking
  6. denouncing
Verb
  • The case drew national attention and became racially charged, with supporters of Anthony criticizing the lack of Black jurors and calling for his acquittal, while supporters of the Metcalf family gathered outside the courthouse seeking justice.
    — James Cirrone, FOXNews.com, 19 Sep. 2026
  • The contest’s website has been flooded with memes and pro-Palestine messages criticizing Sheeran.
    — Wesley Stenzel, Entertainment Weekly, 18 Sep. 2026
Definition of criticizing
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  • Unable to picture evil as anything other than devilish, critics accused Arendt of excusing the perpetrators and blaming the victims.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 18 Sep. 2026
  • Both Republicans unloaded on Cooper's tenure as governor, with Trump blaming Cooper for a grisly North Carolina murder and accusing him of doing nothing to help the state after Hurricane Helene inflicted widespread damage in 2024.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 17 Sep. 2026
Definition of blaming
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  • Diplomats and rights advocates are condemning Turkey’s crackdown on LGBT organizations and individuals, and protesters demonstrated Friday outside Turkish missions in the United States and Europe.
    — Mohamad El Chamaa, Washington Post, 18 Sep. 2026
  • The two rituals have unfolded in parallel since the Christian church’s pastor, Sarah Lucas, preached a sermon condemning Arapaho ceremonial ways.
    — Savannah Peters, Los Angeles Times, 14 Sep. 2026
Definition of condemning
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  • Issues that divided the candidates Ahern and Hoffmann traded barbs throughout the run-up, with Ahern faulting Hoffmann for contributing $550,000 to his campaign and for not serving as a frontline prosecutor on major narcotics or capital cases.
    — Katie Mulvaney, The Providence Journal, 10 Sep. 2026
  • Wiener defended the narrower bill and argued opponents were faulting it for not going far enough rather than focusing on what the bill would do.
    — Naomi Taxay, Sacbee.com, 27 Aug. 2026
Definition of faulting
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  • Next, the door becomes his battering ram, knocking three enemies down to the landing below him.
    — Chris Klimek, Vulture, 16 Sep. 2026
  • Some of the entries this year have been knocking on the Hall door for years, including Tickle Me Elmo, the Pokémon Trading Card Game and Mahjong.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 16 Sep. 2026
Definition of knocking
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  • El-Sayed's campaign sent a reporter a question asking if Rogers, given his comments about denouncing terrorists, planned to publicly denounce the remark.
    — Todd Spangler, Freep.com, 11 Sep. 2026
  • There’s the Luddite Club, which last fall used a seventy-year-old typewriter to make a poster denouncing the school’s decision to offer students ChatGPT and Google Gemini subscriptions.
    — Jesse Dougherty, New Yorker, 5 Sep. 2026
Definition of denouncing
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“Dispraising.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dispraising. Accessed 21 Sep. 2026.

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