Praise
[preɪz] or [prez]
Definition
(noun.) an expression of approval and commendation; 'he always appreciated praise for his work'.
(noun.) offering words of homage as an act of worship; 'they sang a hymn of praise to God'.
(verb.) express approval of; 'The parents praised their children for their academic performance'.
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Definition
(v.) To commend; to applaud; to express approbation of; to laud; -- applied to a person or his acts.
(v.) To extol in words or song; to magnify; to glorify on account of perfections or excellent works; to do honor to; to display the excellence of; -- applied especially to the Divine Being.
(v.) To value; to appraise.
(v.) Commendation for worth; approval expressed; honor rendered because of excellence or worth; laudation; approbation.
(v.) Especially, the joyful tribute of gratitude or homage rendered to the Divine Being; the act of glorifying or extolling the Creator; worship, particularly worship by song, distinction from prayer and other acts of worship; as, a service of praise.
(v.) The object, ground, or reason of praise.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [1]. Commendation, approval, laudation, laud, encomium, approbation, APPLAUSE.[2]. Eulogy, eulogium, panegyric, tribute of praise.[3]. Glorification, homage, worship, tribute of gratitude.
v. a. [1]. Commend, approve, applaud.[2]. Extol, eulogize, panegyrize.[3]. Magnify, glorify, exalt, worship, bless, do homage to, do honor to.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
[See APPROBATION]
SYN:Eulogize, laud, commend, honor, glorify, compliment, celebrate, puff, extol,applaud, panegyrize
ANT:Blame, censure, discommend, reprove
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Definition
n. the expression of the honour or value in which any person or thing is held: commendation on account of excellence or beauty: tribute of gratitude: a glorifying as of God in worship: reason or ground of praise.—v.t. to express estimation of: to commend: to honour: to glorify as in worship.—n. Prais′er one who praises.—adv. Praise′worthily.—n. Praise′worthiness.—adj. Praise′worthy worthy of praise: commendable.
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Examples
- She thought the praise not warm enough, and proceeded to direct attention to the various decorative points of her attire. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- Cato and Varro, Virgil and Columella, Pliny and Palladius delighted to instruct the farmer and praise his occupation. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- Take all the praise, take all the blame; take all the success, take all the failure; in short, take me. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- It is therefore from the influence of characters and qualities, upon those who have an intercourse with any person, that we blame or praise him. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
- I deserve neither such praise nor such censure, cried Elizabeth; I am _not_ a great reader, and I have pleasure in many things. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
- I saw Steerforth soothe and please you by his praise of her! Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- The decorum or indecorum of a quality, with regard to the age, or character, or station, contributes also to its praise or blame. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
- The truth is, Harriet, that my playing is just good enough to be praised, but Jane Fairfax's is much beyond it. Jane Austen. Emma.
- I praised the fair lady too, and altogether sent him away very happy. Jane Austen. Emma.
- Assuredly, brother, said Isaac, and Heaven be praised that raised me up a comforter in my misery. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- She wished Beth could hear him, but she did not say so, only praised him till he was quite abashed, and his grandfather came to his rescue. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- Waldman inflicted torture when he praised, with kindness and warmth, the astonishing progress I had made in the sciences. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
- I praised the very unaffected character of Lord Robert Manners to Nugent, who sat next to me. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- Mr. Crawford's steadiness was honoured, and Fanny was praised, and the connexion was still the most desirable in the world. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
- Such is their manner of praising the one and censuring the other. Plato. The Republic.
- She makes animals and birds in wood and in clay, that the people in London write about in the papers, praising them to the skies. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- We shew Fanny what a good girl we think her by praising her to her face, she is now a very valuable companion. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
- Better pass half an hour in remonstrating with her than a day in admiring or praising any other woman alive. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- I am not praising her conduct or setting her up as a model for Miss Bullock to imitate. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- Yes, he said; the States are as bad as the men; and I am very far from praising them. Plato. The Republic.
- It was a pity he had not had Mrs. Ladislaw, whom he was always praising and placing above her. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- That evening, in the housekeeper's room, Rosa can do nothing but murmur Lady Dedlock's praises. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- He praises your hard spirit, your determined cast of mind, your scorn of low enemies, your resolution not 'to truckle to the mob,' as he says. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- If she tires me, sometimes, by her praises of her son, it is only natural in a mother. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- It was one of her better days, and she was full of praises of the water-bed. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
- But we shall continue to prohibit all poetry which goes beyond hymns to the Gods and praises of famous men. Plato. The Republic.
- Men of cool reflection are not so sanguine in their praises of it. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
- In the writings of every century for more than four thousand years, its name has been mentioned and its praises sung. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
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