dispraise

Meanings

1. 1
   verb

   (literary) to speak of with disapproval; censure

   Critics were quick to dispraise the unfinished work.

From Middle English dispreisen, from Old French despreisier ('to disparage'), from des- ('opposite of') + preisier ('to prize, praise'), from Late Latin pretiare ('to value'), from Latin pretium ('price, value').

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