Synonyms of dispraise

dispraise 1 of 3

verb (1)

as in to criticize

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 & Similar Words

• criticize
• blame
• fault
• condemn
• denounce
• knock
• attack
• censure
• scold
• reprehend
• find fault (with)
• complain
• diss
• slam
• slag
• pan
• come down hard (on)
• tweak
• lash
• slash
• dis
• kick
• take to task
• admonish
• assail
• murmur
• blast
• chide
• reproach
• whine
• upbraid
• grumble
• reprimand
• disparage
• rebuke
• moan
• mutter
• cavil
• reprove
• bitch
• nick (at)
• snipe (at)
• deride
• skewer
• clobber
• excoriate
• grouse
• quibble
• berate
• gripe
• belittle
• beef
• growl
• crucify
• decry
• castigate
• lambast
• kvetch
• bellyache
• flay
• carp
• crab
• drub
• discommend
• bad-mouth
• croak
• niggle
• fuss
• keelhaul
• lambaste
• pillory
• hammer
• put down
• gibbet

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• praise
• extol
• laud
• approve
• commend
• extoll
• recommend
• indorse
• endorse
• sanction

dispraise

2 of 3

noun

as in criticism

Synonyms & Similar Words

• criticism
• condemnation
• censure
• denunciation
• reprehension
• reprobation
• blame
• opprobrium
• reproach
• antagonism
• hostility
• rejection
• distaste
• disparagement
• antipathy
• objection
• disrelish
• thumbs-down
• disapproval
• opposition
• disapprobation
• dislike
• displeasure
• belittlement
• disesteem
• discountenance
• deprecation
• disfavor

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• approval
• praise
• favor
• approbation
• commendation
• acclaim
• indorsement
• sanction
• endorsement
• sympathy
• empathy
• thumbs-up

dispraising

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verb (2)

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• criticizing
• blaming
• condemning
• faulting
• knocking
• denouncing
• attacking
• finding fault (with)
• tweaking
• slamming
• panning
• reprehending
• scolding
• slagging
• complaining
• censuring
• kicking
• taking to task
• slashing
• coming down hard (on)
• blasting
• lashing
• dissing
• sniping (at)
• nicking (at)
• whining
• assailing
• admonishing
• murmuring
• muttering
• moaning
• skewering
• grumbling
• clobbering
• cavilling
• beefing
• bitching
• grousing
• bellyaching
• chiding
• reprimanding
• griping
• growling
• upbraiding
• discommending
• disparaging
• quibbling
• niggling
• carping
• caviling
• excoriating
• gibbeting
• berating
• crucifying
• rebuking
• crabbing
• belittling
• deriding
• drubbing
• decrying
• hammering
• pillorying
• reproaching
• flaying
• kvetching
• reproving
• keelhauling
• croaking
• lambasting
• fussing
• castigating
• putting down
• bad-mouthing

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• praising
• extolling
• approving
• endorsing
• recommending
• sanctioning
• commending
• lauding
• indorsing