Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

mispraise

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: mis-praise
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To praise falsely, injudiciously, or without good reason.

Transitive verb

verb

To slander, blame, or disparage.

Archaic; Transitive verb

Example Sentences

"[T]hough I spend my nights, and dayes, and thoughts, and spirits, and words, and preaching, and writing, upon Princes, and Judges, and Magistrates . . . I have not paid a farthing of my debt to God; I have not praised him, but I have praised them, till not only my selfe, but even they, whom I have so mispraised, are the worse in the sight of God, for my over-praising."
"We look upon it not so much as a strangely overpraised, but as a mispraised composition. It is a torrent of abuse."
"Anaximander's interest in cosmogony has been vastly overestimated, and his achievements consistently mispraised."
"On hearing the Duke of Wellington mispraised he defends him, in a sonnet."

Etymology

From mis- + praise. Compare to French mépriser.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: mis

Usage

Inflected Forms

mispraises (present, singular) mispraising (participle, present) mispraised (participle, past) mispraised (past)

Questions

What does mispraise mean?: To praise falsely, injudiciously, or without good reason.
Where does mispraise come from?: From mis- + praise. Compare to French mépriser.

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