mispraise

动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To praise falsely, injudiciously, or without good reason. rare,transitive
    — [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.
  2. To slander, blame, or disparage. archaic,transitive
    — On hearing the Duke of Wellington mispraised he defends him, in a sonnet.

词形变化

mispraises present,singular,third-person mispraising participle,present mispraised participle,past mispraised past

词源

From mis- + praise. Compare to French mépriser.
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