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laudatory

Sometimes ܻ··پ

[law-duh-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee]

adjective

  1. containing or expressing praise.

    overwhelmed by the speaker's laudatory remarks.

    Synonyms: , ,


laudatory

/ -trɪ, ˈlɔːdətərɪ /

adjective

  1. expressing or containing praise; eulogistic

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Other Word Forms

  • laudatorily adverb
  • overlaudatory adjective
  • self-laudatory adjective
  • unlaudative adjective
  • unlaudatory adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of laudatory1

1545–55; < Late Latin ܻōܲ, equivalent to ܻ ( re ) to laud + -ōܲ -tory 1
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Example Sentences

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Don’t misunderstand my tone as laudatory: In 17-plus years as prime minister across four decades, Netanyahu has continually outdone himself in viciousness, criminal depravity and shamelessly immoral or amoral statecraft.

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This was enough to trigger a cascade of laudatory coverage of Kennedy for meeting the bare minimum of common sense.

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With the leadership mantle passing from the former president to his understudy, Mondale offered a laudatory summation of the Carter administration.

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Ever since, there has been a cottage industry of conservative academics writing books and essays supporting Strauss, which almost invariably receive laudatory notices in right-wing vehicles like National Review or the Claremont Institute.

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But despite the spectacle of live-fire demonstrations and laudatory remarks about partnerships by Langley and Col.

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