Applaud
[ə'plɔːd] or [ə'plɔd]
Definition
(verb.) express approval of; 'I applaud your efforts'.
(verb.) clap one's hands or shout after performances to indicate approval.
Inputed by Effie--From WordNet
Definition
(v. t.) To show approval of by clapping the hands, acclamation, or other significant sign.
(v. t.) To praise by words; to express approbation of; to commend; to approve.
(v. i.) To express approbation loudly or significantly.
Checker: Mara
Synonyms and Synonymous
v. a. [1]. Cheer, clap.[2]. Praise, commend, laud, approve, compliment, extol, magnify, cry up.
Typist: Stacey
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Laud, praise, extol, approve, eulogize, commend, cry_up, magnify, encourage,cheer
ANT:Disapprove, denounce, decry, censure, execrate
Editor: Pedro
Definition
v.t. to praise by clapping the hands: to praise loudly: to express loudly approval of anything: to extol.—n. Applaud′er.—p.adj. Applaud′ing.—adv. Applaud′ingly.—n. Applause′ praise loudly expressed: acclamation.—adj. Applaus′ive.—adv. Applaus′ively.
Checker: Rosalind
Examples
- Smith; promote him, he said, and the whole country will applaud. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- We may probably become acquainted with habits which it may be prudent to adopt, and discover virtues which we cannot fail to applaud. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- This gallery swarmed with people eager for a scene, ready to applaud or shout down the speakers below. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- We had made some pale efforts in the beginning to applaud Mr. Wopsle; but they were too hopeless to be persisted in. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- I said, with a tone and manner whose consummate chariness and frostiness I could not but applaud. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- I applaud him for it. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- Say I applaud her wisdom and admire her discretion. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- Here Sam sat down with a pleasant smile, and his speech having been vociferously applauded, the company broke up. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- He laughed aloud at trifles, made bad jokes and applauded them himself, and, in short, grew unmeaningly noisy. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- The company made a circle round her and applauded as wildly as if she had been a Noblet or a Taglioni. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- The acclamations of thousands applauded the unanimous award of the Prince and marshals, announcing that day's honours to the Disinherited Knight. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- Repression is an insignificant part of its work; the use of the club can never be applauded, though it may be tolerated _faute de mieux_. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- Marianne's performance was highly applauded. Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility.
- Ralph did it justice, remarked some faults, but applauded the beauties. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- It was read and repeated: Watson and Osborne gave up the contest, and joined in applauding it. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- I always feel as if I were in the convent again--or on the stage, before a dreadfully polite audience that never applauds. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
Edited by Jeffrey