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dispraise

[dis-preyz] / dɪsˈpreɪz /










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Of course, once western culture could be a term of praise, it was bound to become a term of dispraise, too.

From The Guardian • Nov. 9, 2016

Idle, I suppose, to dispraise the Grizzlies for not being AC/DC—but put that next to I’m hot/ And when I’m not/ I’m cold as ice and tell me how you feel.

From Slate • Sep. 21, 2012

Hair is lavish in dispraise of all things American, except presumably liberty.

From Time Magazine Archive

These were all failures and received universal dispraise.

From Time Magazine Archive

But praise and dispraise were all one to him before now, and we must go back and follow the tragedy of his personal history to its close.

From Life of John Keats His Life and Poetry, his Friends, Critics and After-fame by Colvin, Sidney