different between disapproval vs dispraise

English

Etymology

dis- +? approval

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /d?s??p?uv?l/
• (UK) IPA^(key): [d?s??p?u?v??]

Noun

disapproval (countable and uncountable, plural disapprovals)

1. The act of disapproving; condemnation.

Synonyms

• disapprobation

Antonyms

• approval

Related terms

• disapprobation
• disapprove

Translations

Further reading

• disapproval in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• disapproval in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• disapproval at OneLook Dictionary Search

English

Etymology

From Old French despreisier. Doublet of disprize.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /d??sp?e?z/

Verb

dispraise (third-person singular simple present dispraises, present participle dispraising, simple past and past participle dispraised)

1. To notice with disapprobation or some degree of censure; to disparage, to criticize.
   • 1526, William Tyndale, trans. Bible, Acts XIII:

     They spake agaynst it, and dispraysed it, raylinge on it.

   • 1992, Hilary Mantel, A Place of Greater Safety, Harper Perennial 2007, p. 157:

     He became familiar with that habit of mind which dispraises what it most envies and admires: with that habit of mind which desires only what it cannot have.

Noun

dispraise

1. Blame; reproach.

Anagrams

• diparesis