Laudable
['lɔːdəb(ə)l] or ['lɔdəbl]
Definition
(v. i.) Worthy of being lauded; praiseworthy; commendable; as, laudable motives; laudable actions; laudable ambition.
(v. i.) Healthy; salubrious; normal; having a disposition to promote healing; not noxious; as, laudable juices of the body; laudable pus.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
a. Commendable, praiseworthy.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
[See PRAISEWORTHY]
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Examples
- In short, I made an appeal to that laudable pride in your sister. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- We never laid hands on a thing, except in the spirit of laudable inquiry! Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- Locksley now proceeded to the distribution of the spoil, which he performed with the most laudable impartiality. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- And nothing can be more laudable. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- Had his forms of expression changed, or his sentiments become less laudable? George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- It is a reasonable and laudable pride which resists such malevolence. Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility.
- And what have you ferreted out, in your 'spirit of laudable inquiry'? Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- A natural and laudable desire, ma'am; but one which, notwithstandingI shall do my best to oppose. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- So that nothing is presented on any side, but what is laudable and good. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
- Quant à votre choix de connaissances, j'en suis contente; c'est sage, digne, laudable. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- If Wrong, if Craft, if Indiscretion Act as fair parts with ends as laudable? George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- And she determined within herself to make this laudable attempt. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
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