different between reprimand vs dispraise

English

Etymology

From French réprimande, from réprimer (“to repress”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) (noun) IPA^(key): /???p??m??nd/
• (Received Pronunciation) (verb) IPA^(key): /???p??m??nd/, /??p???m??nd/
  • Rhymes: -??nd
• (General American) (noun) IPA^(key): /???p.???mænd/
• (General American) (verb) IPA^(key): /???p.???mænd/, /???p.???mænd/
  • Rhymes: -ænd

Noun

reprimand (plural reprimands)

1. A severe, formal or official reproof; reprehension, rebuke, private or public.

Translations

Verb

reprimand (third-person singular simple present reprimands, present participle reprimanding, simple past and past participle reprimanded)

1. To reprove in a formal or official way.
   • 1983. Rosen, Stanley. Plato’s Sophist: The Drama of Original & Image. South Bend, Indiana, USA: St. Augustine’s Press. p. 62.

     He is struck by Antinous, who is in turn reprimanded by one of the “proud young men” courting Penelope:

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:reprehend

Translations

See also

• admonish
• admonition
• rebuke
• reprehend
• reprehension
• reproof
• reproval
• reprove

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