All praise antonyms
praise
P p verb praise
- look askance β glance sidelong or with suspicion
- minimize β to reduce to the smallest possible amount or degree.
- chastise β If you chastise someone, you speak to them angrily or punish them for something wrong that they have done.
- make ready β the state or condition of being ready.
- downs β from higher to lower; in descending direction or order; toward, into, or in a lower position: to come down the ladder.
- despotize β To behave like a despot.
- disfavored β unfavorable regard; displeasure; disesteem; dislike: The prime minister incurred the king's disfavor.
- knock around 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.
- exscind β (medicine, surgery) To cut out.
- blow away β If you say that you are blown away by something, or if it blows you away, you mean that you are very impressed by it.
- whomp β a loud, heavy blow, slap, bang, or the like: He fell with an awful whomp.
- besmear β to smear over; daub
- boohoo β to sob or pretend to sob noisily
- horsewhipping β Present participle of horsewhip.
- call down β to request or invoke
- catcalled β a shrill, whistlelike sound or loud raucous shout made to express disapproval at a theater, meeting, etc.
- crucify β If someone is crucified, they are killed by being tied or nailed to a cross and left to die.
- deride β If you deride someone or something, you say that they are stupid or have no value.
- gnarl β a knotty protuberance on a tree; knot.
- besmirch β If you besmirch someone or their reputation, you say that they are a bad person or that they have done something wrong, usually when this is not true.
- fluffed β Simple past tense and past participle of fluff.
- boohooing β to weep noisily; blubber.
- disrespected β lack of respect; discourtesy; rudeness.
- fluffing β light, downy particles, as of cotton.
- go berserk β If someone or something goes berserk, they lose control of themselves and become very angry or violent.
- denunciate β to condemn; denounce
- grousing β to grumble; complain: I've never met anyone who grouses so much about his work.
- ignore β to refrain from noticing or recognizing: to ignore insulting remarks.
- debunk β If you debunk a widely held belief, you show that it is false. If you debunk something that is widely admired, you show that it is not as good as people think it is.
- decry β If someone decries an idea or action, they criticize it strongly.
- mewl β to cry, as a baby, young child, or the like; whimper.
- bespatter β to splash all over, as with dirty water
- calumniate β to slander
- let someone have it β to allow or permit: to let him escape.
- blipping β bleeping.
- boom β If there is a boom in the economy, there is an increase in economic activity, for example in the amount of things that are being bought and sold.
- look back β to turn one's eyes toward something or in some direction in order to see: He looked toward the western horizon and saw the returning planes.
- mewled β to cry, as a baby, young child, or the like; whimper.
- nutshell β the shell of a nut.
noun praise
- disrepute β bad repute; low regard; disfavor (usually preceded by in or into): Some literary theories have fallen into disrepute.
- impugnment β to challenge as false (another's statements, motives, etc.); cast doubt upon.
- chastisement β Chastisement is the same as punishment.
- hit β to deal a blow or stroke to: Hit the nail with the hammer.
- ing β A water meadow.
- derision β If you treat someone or something with derision, you express contempt for them.
- mordacity β biting or given to biting.
- ingloriousness β The state of being inglorious.
- deliberation β Deliberation is the long and careful consideration of a subject.
- calumniation β to make false and malicious statements about; slander.