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laudatory
[law-duh-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee]
adjective
containing or expressing praise.
overwhelmed by the speaker's laudatory remarks.
Synonyms: , ,
laudatory
/ -trɪ, ˈlɔːdətərɪ /
adjective
expressing or containing praise; eulogistic
Other Word Forms
- laudatorily adverb
- overlaudatory adjective
- self-laudatory adjective
- unlaudative adjective
- unlaudatory adjective
Word History and Origins
Origin of laudatory1
Example Sentences
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.
This was enough to trigger a cascade of laudatory coverage of Kennedy for meeting the bare minimum of common sense.
With the leadership mantle passing from the former president to his understudy, Mondale offered a laudatory summation of the Carter administration.
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.
But despite the spectacle of live-fire demonstrations and laudatory remarks about partnerships by Langley and Col.
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