All praise antonyms
praise
P p verb praise
- lay waste β to consume, spend, or employ uselessly or without adequate return; use to no avail or profit; squander: to waste money; to waste words.
- laugh off 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.
- mouthing β the action of speaking in a meaningless, bombastic, or hypocritical manner.
- let slide β to move along in continuous contact with a smooth or slippery surface: to slide down a snow-covered hill.
- except β Specify as not included in a category or group; exclude.
- jawbone β a bone of either jaw; a maxilla or mandible.
- dun β to make repeated and insistent demands upon, especially for the payment of a debt.
- implicate β to show to be also involved, usually in an incriminating manner: to be implicated in a crime.
- bastardise β to lower in condition or worth; debase: hybrid works that neither preserve nor bastardize existing art forms.
- fracturing β Present participle of fracture.
- disregard β to pay no attention to; leave out of consideration; ignore: Disregard the footnotes.
- flail β an instrument for threshing grain, consisting of a staff or handle to one end of which is attached a freely swinging stick or bar.
- hash over β a dish of diced or chopped meat and often vegetables, as of leftover corned beef or veal and potatoes, sautΓ©ed in a frying pan or of meat, potatoes, and carrots cooked together in gravy.
- minify β to make less.
- damping β moistening or wetting
- decrease β When something decreases or when you decrease it, it becomes less in quantity, size, or intensity.
- disbarred β to expel from the legal profession or from the bar of a particular court.
- groused β to grumble; complain: I've never met anyone who grouses so much about his work.
- chasten β If you are chastened by something, it makes you regret that you have behaved badly or stupidly.
- caricaturing β a picture, description, etc., ludicrously exaggerating the peculiarities or defects of persons or things: His caricature of the mayor in this morning's paper is the best he's ever drawn.
- query β a question; an inquiry.
- weep β to express grief, sorrow, or any overpowering emotion by shedding tears; shed tears; cry: to weep for joy; to weep with rage.
- give up β the quality or state of being resilient; springiness.
- kick up a fuss β (Idiomatic) To show annoyance, or to complain loudly about something, often when it is of little importance in reality.
- moralize β to reflect on or express opinions about something in terms of right and wrong, especially in a self-righteous or tiresome way.
- denaturing β Present participle of denature.
- disesteem β to hold in low regard; think unfavorably of.
- goosed β any of numerous wild or domesticated, web-footed swimming birds of the family Anatidae, especially of the genera Anser and Branta, most of which are larger and have a longer neck and legs than the ducks.
- hold off β to have or keep in the hand; keep fast; grasp: She held the purse in her right hand. He held the child's hand in his.
- blow a fuse β If you blow a fuse, you suddenly become very angry and are unable to stay calm.
- cut dead β to snub completely
- grieve β to feel grief or great sorrow: She has grieved over his death for nearly three years.
- dragoons β Plural form of dragoon.
- disoblige β to refuse or neglect to oblige; act contrary to the desire or convenience of; fail to accommodate.
- faulted β a defect or imperfection; flaw; failing: a fault in the brakes; a fault in one's character.
- foraying β a quick raid, usually for the purpose of taking plunder: Vikings made a foray on the port.
- impugn β to challenge as false (another's statements, motives, etc.); cast doubt upon.
noun praise
- fulmination β a violent denunciation or censure: a sermon that was one long fulmination.
- booboos β a stupid or silly mistake; blunder.
- cock and bull story β an absurd, improbable story presented as the truth: Don't ask him about his ancestry unless you want to hear a cock-and-bull story.
- grouse β any of numerous gallinaceous birds of the subfamily Tetraoninae. Compare black grouse, capercaillie, ruffed grouse, spruce grouse.
- knock β to strike a sounding blow with the fist, knuckles, or anything hard, especially on a door, window, or the like, as in seeking admittance, calling attention, or giving a signal: to knock on the door before entering.
- despisement β contempt; despisal
- flak β antiaircraft fire, especially as experienced by the crews of combat airplanes at which the fire is directed.
- causticness β The state or quality of being caustic.
- whacked β exhausted; tired out.
- grievance β a wrong considered as grounds for complaint, or something believed to cause distress: Inequitable taxation is the chief grievance.
- go-by β a going by without notice; an intentional passing by; snub: to give one the go-by.
- minimization β to reduce to the smallest possible amount or degree.
- blindside β If you say that you were blindsided by something, you mean that it surprised you in a negative way.