Encomium
[en'kәumjәm]
Definition
(n.) Warm or high praise; panegyric; strong commendation.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Praise, eulogy, eulogium, laudation, commendation, panegyric, good word.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Panegyric, laudation, praise, compliment, commendation, eulogy
ANT:Vituperation, vilification, obloquy, taunt, invective
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Definition
n. high commendation: a eulogy:—pl. Encō′miums.—n. Encō′miast one who utters or writes encomiums: a praiser.—adjs. Encomias′tic -al bestowing praise.—adv. Encomias′tically.
Editor: Quentin
Examples
- Mr. Winkle stayed not to hear the encomium upon his friend. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- And applying his black beard to the pitcher, he took a draught much more moderate in quantity than his encomium seemed to warrant. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- We were growing accustomed to encomiums on wonders that too often proved no wonders at all. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- These encomiums bring them to Mount Pleasant and to Grandfather Smallweed's house. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- The Missionaries tell me that they hear encomiums like that passed upon people every day. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
Editor: Megan