vt. 贬低, 毁谤, 贬损, 指责

n. 毁谤, 指责

[ noun ]
the act of speaking contemptuously of
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Dispraise \Dis*praise"\, n. [Cf. OF. despris. See {Dispraise},
v. t.]
The act of dispraising; detraction; blame censure; reproach;
disparagement. --Dryden.

In praise and in dispraise the same. --Tennyson.


Dispraise \Dis*praise"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Dispraised}; p.
pr. & vb. n. {Dispraising}.] [OE. dispreisen, OF. desprisier,
despreisier, F. d['e]priser; pref. des- (L. dis-) + prisier,
F. priser, to prize, praise. See {Praise}, and cf.
{Disprize}, {Depreciate}.]
To withdraw praise from; to notice with disapprobation or
some degree of censure; to disparage; to blame.

Dispraising the power of his adversaries. --Chaucer.

I dispraised him before the wicked, that the wicked
might not fall in love with him. --Shak.