Synonyms for dispraise
- verb
- noun
All synonyms
Verb
blame, find fault, minimize, minimise UK, condemn, denounce, censure, reproach, belittle, denigrate, disparage, deprecate, downplay, rebuke, reprimand, scold, decry, vilify, trivialize, trivialise UK, derogate, upbraid, reprehend, vituperate formal, denunciate
Noun
1. Disparagement
disparagement, criticism, critique, disapproval, damnation, disapprobation, reprehension, condemnation, stricture, discommendation dated, attaintment dated
Other
Definitions
- v. 1
To notice with disapprobation or some degree of censure; to disparage, to criticize.
- n. 1
Blame; reproach; disapproval; criticism.
Forms
- Plural
- dispraises → disparagements, criticisms, critiques, disapprovals…
- Past participle
- dispraised
e.g. dispraised → blamed, minimized, condemned, denounced…
Example sentences
- blame It sounds as if he were to blame for the disaster.
- minimize I want to minimize the chances of another accident.
- condemn Would you condemn your friend for the same thing?
- denounce The alterglobalists denounce growing inequalities.
- belittle Why do you have to belittle people all the time?
By length
- 5 letters
- blame1, scold1, decry2
- 6 letters
- rebuke2, vilify3
- 7 letters
- condemn2, censure2, upbraid2
- 8 letters
- minimize3, critique2, minimise, denounce2, reproach2, belittle3, downplay2, derogate
- 9 letters
- criticism4, damnation3, reprimand3, denigrate3, disparage3, stricture2, deprecate3, reprehend
- 10 letters
- trivialize4, trivialise, vituperate, denunciate, dispraisal
- 11 letters
- disapproval4, attaintment
- 12 letters
- condemnation4, reprehension
- 13 letters
- disparagement
- 14 letters
- disapprobation
- 15 letters
- discommendation
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (decry2 = 2 syllables).