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praise
[preyz]
noun
the act of expressing approval or admiration; commendation; laudation.
Synonyms: , , , ,Antonyms:the offering of grateful homage in words or song, as an act of worship.
a hymn of praise to God.
Synonyms: , ,the state of being approved or admired.
The king lived in praise for many years.
Archaic.a ground for praise, or a merit.
verb (used with object)
to express approval or admiration of; commend; extol.
Synonyms: , ,Antonyms:to offer grateful homage to (God or a deity), as in words or song.
Synonyms: , ,
praise
/ ɪ /
noun
the act of expressing commendation, admiration, etc
the extolling of a deity or the rendering of homage and gratitude to a deity
the condition of being commended, admired, etc
archaicthe reason for praise
to commend someone highly
verb
to express commendation, admiration, etc, for
to proclaim or describe the glorious attributes of (a deity) with homage and thanksgiving
Other Word Forms
- praiseful adjective
- praisefully adverb
- praiseless adjective
- praiser noun
- half-praised adjective
- half-praising adjective
- outpraise verb (used with object)
- repraise verb (used with object)
- self-praise noun
- self-praising adjective
- superpraise noun
- unpraised adjective
- unpraiseful adjective
- unpraising adjective
- ˈ noun
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of praise1
Idioms and Phrases
sing someone's praises, to praise someone publicly and enthusiastically.
He is always singing his wife's praises.
Synonym Study
Example Sentences
Mr Gibson credited Tayside fire and rescue's blue response team for saving their lives and praised the call handler's response as "spectacular".
After years of receiving praise and pilgrimages from the American right, the autocrat had begun appearing at conservative events in the U.S.
Kennedy praised the new members in his announcement, saying this slate includes "highly credentialed scientists, leading public-health experts, and some of America's most accomplished physicians", he said in his post.
When you never know what you’re going to be either hit or praised for, you have no base line.
He praised the government for having "shown such principled leadership in scrapping this pernicious Act".
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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