I. -āz transitive verb
Etymology: Middle English dispraisen, from Old French despreisier, desprisier, from des- dis- (I) + preisier, prisier to praise — more at praise
: to notice or comment on with disapprobation or some degree of censure : disparage , depreciate
dispraising it in a few light easy sentences of condemnation — Arnold Bennett
• dis·prais·er -zə(r) noun
II. noun
: the act of dispraising : disparagement , depreciation
her addiction to withering dispraise and her parsimony when dispensing appreciation — C.J.Rolo