dispraise

Main Entry:
affront [uh-fruhnt]
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: insult or involve in entanglement
Synonyms: abuse, anger, annoy, confront, criticize, displease, dispraise, dump on, encounter, face, give a zinger, give the cold shoulder, hit where one lives, meet, offend, outrage, pique, provoke, put down*, slander, slight, taunt, vex
Notes: effrontery means shameless boldness or insulting presumptuousness while an affront is a deliberately offensive act or open insult
Antonyms: appease, assuage, compliment, gratify, mollify, placate, please, satisfy, soothe
Main Entry: depreciate
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: belittle, ridicule
Synonyms: abuse, asperse, attack, calumniate, censure, clamor against, condemn, contemn, decry, defame, denigrate, denounce, deprecate, deride, derogate, detract, discount, discountenance, discredit, disgrace, disparage, dispraise, fault, find fault with, humble, knock, look down on, lower, malign, minimize, put down, rap, revile, roast, run down, scoff at, scorn, slam, slander, slight, slur, smear, sneer at, spurn, take down a peg, traduce, underestimate, underrate, undervalue, vilify
Antonyms: approve, commend, compliment, exalt, laud, praise, recommend
Main Entry: diminish
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: belittle
Synonyms: abuse, bad-mouth, cheapen, cut down to size, decry, demean, depreciate, derogate, detract from, devalue, dispraise, dump on, give comeuppance, knock off high horse, minimize, pan, poormouth, put away, put down*, run down, tear down
Antonyms: compliment, flatter, praise
Main Entry: disapprove
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: condemn
Synonyms: blame, censure, chastise, criticize, damn, decry, denounce, deplore, deprecate, detract, disallow, discommend, discountenance, disesteem, disfavor, dislike, dismiss, dispraise, expostulate, find fault with, find unacceptable, frown on, look askance at, look down on, nix, object to, oppose, pan, pass on, refuse, reject, remonstrate, reprehend, reprobate, reprove, set aside, slam, spurn, take dim view of, take exception to, turn down, veto, zing
Antonyms: agree, approve, endorse, like, love, sanction
Main Entry: discount
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: ignore; treat as insignificant
Synonyms: belittle, blink at, brush off, depreciate, derogate, detract from, disbelieve, discredit, dispraise, disregard, doubt, fail, forget, minimize, mistrust, neglect, omit, overlook, overpass, pass over, question, reject, scoff at, scout, slight
Antonyms: attend, pay attention, recognize
Main Entry: disparage
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: criticize; detract from
Synonyms: abuse, belittle, chill*, cry down, decry, defame, degrade, deject, demoralize, denigrate, deprecate, depreciate, deride, derogate, dis, discourage, discredit, disdain, dishearten, dismiss, dispirit, dispraise, downcry, dump on, lower, malign, minimize, pan, put down, put hooks in, rap, ridicule, roast, run down, scorch, scorn, slam*, slander, smear, sour grapes, tear down, traduce, underestimate, underrate, undervalue, vilify, write off
Antonyms: approve, commend, compliment, flatter, laud, praise, sanction
Main Entry: run down
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: ridicule
Synonyms: belittle, criticize, decry, defame, denigrate, depreciate, derogate, detract, diminish, disparage, dispraise, downcry, knock*, make fun of, opprobriate, revile, speak ill of, vilify
Antonyms: praise
Concept Thesaurus
Concept: Discount.
Category: 4. Monetary Relations
Synonyms:
-nouns
discount, abatement, concession, reduction, depreciation, allowance; qualification, set-off, drawback, poundage, agio, percentage; rebate, rebatement; backwardation, contango; salvage; tare and tret.
-verbs
discount, bate; abate, rebate; reduce, take off, allow, give, make allowance; tax.
-adjectives
discounting
-adverbs
at a discount, below par.
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