All praise antonyms
praise
P p verb praise
- bung up β a stopper for the opening of a cask.
- die out β If something dies out, it becomes less and less common and eventually disappears completely.
- lay down the law β the principles and regulations established in a community by some authority and applicable to its people, whether in the form of legislation or of custom and policies recognized and enforced by judicial decision.
- bitch β If someone calls a woman a bitch, they are saying in a very rude way that they think she behaves in a very unpleasant way.
- damn β Damn, damn it, and dammit are used by some people to express anger or impatience.
- mouthed β having a mouth of a specified kind (often used in combination): a small-mouthed man.
- mourn β Feel or show deep sorrow or regret for (someone or their death), typically by following conventions such as the wearing of black clothes.
- lower the boom β Nautical. any of various more or less horizontal spars or poles for extending the feet of sails, especially fore-and-aft sails, for handling cargo, suspending mooring lines alongside a vessel, pushing a vessel away from wharves, etc.
- blotched β Something that is blotched has blotches on it.
- criminate β to charge with a crime; accuse
- find fault β a defect or imperfection; flaw; failing: a fault in the brakes; a fault in one's character.
- let out β (of fur) processed by cutting parallel diagonal slashes into the pelt and sewing the slashed edges together to lengthen the pelt and to improve the appearance of the fur.
- demystifying β Present participle of demystify.
- chagrin β Chagrin is a feeling of disappointment, upset, or annoyance, perhaps because of your own failure.
- alloy β An alloy is a metal that is made by mixing two or more types of metal together.
- cartooning β a sketch or drawing, usually humorous, as in a newspaper or periodical, symbolizing, satirizing, or caricaturing some action, subject, or person of popular interest.
- demean β If you demean yourself, you do something which makes people have less respect for you.
- whip β to beat with a strap, lash, rod, or the like, especially by way of punishment or chastisement; flog; thrash: Criminals used to be whipped for minor offenses.
- disbar β to expel from the legal profession or from the bar of a particular court.
- have nothing to do with β not associate with
- kick oneself β regret sth
- cleaned out β free from dirt; unsoiled; unstained: She bathed and put on a clean dress.
- jollying β Present participle of jolly.
- lower β to cause to descend; let or put down: to lower a flag.
- disconfirm β to prove to be invalid.
- muddied β abounding in or covered with mud.
- laugh away β to express mirth, pleasure, derision, or nervousness with an audible, vocal expulsion of air from the lungs that can range from a loud burst of sound to a series of quiet chuckles and is usually accompanied by characteristic facial and bodily movements.
- wisecracking β a smart or facetious remark.
- ebonize β to stain or finish black in imitation of ebony.
- fold up β a part that is folded; pleat; layer: folds of cloth.
- go bad β not good in any manner or degree.
- maculate β spotted; stained.
- miniaturize β to make in extremely small size in order to keep volume or weight to a minimum: to miniaturize electronic equipment.
- bloviate β to talk at length, esp in an insubstantial but inflated manner
- disrate β to reduce to a lower rating or rank.
- forayed β a quick, sudden attack: The defenders made a foray outside the walls.
- jaw β a swelling wave of water; billow.
- fulminate β to explode with a loud noise; detonate.
- dismiss β to direct (an assembly of persons) to disperse or go: I dismissed the class early.
noun praise
- disdainfulness β The state or quality of being disdainful.
- badness β not good in any manner or degree.
- flack β antiaircraft fire, especially as experienced by the crews of combat airplanes at which the fire is directed.
- moralism β the habit of moralizing.
- hard times β a period of difficulties or hardship.
- caricature β A caricature of someone is a drawing or description of them that exaggerates their appearance or behaviour in a humorous or critical way.
- misuse β wrong or improper use; misapplication.
- cuff β The cuffs of a shirt or dress are the parts at the ends of the sleeves, which are thicker than the rest of the sleeve.
- blow β When a wind or breeze blows, the air moves.
- disbarment β to expel from the legal profession or from the bar of a particular court.
- zapper β to kill or shoot.