praise
nounEtymology
From Middle English praisen, preisen, from Old French proisier, preisier (“to value, prize”), from Late Latin pretiō (“to value, prize”) from pretium (“price, worth, reward”). Displaced native Middle English herien from Old English herian (“to praise”).
Definitions
Commendation
Commendation; favourable representation in words.
- The writer's latest novel received great praise in the media.
- You deserve praise for the hard work you've done recently.
- She gave them some faint praise for their assignments, despite not being totally convinced by the quality.
Worship, glorification, adoration.
- praise of God
- Let every thing that hath breath praise the Lord.
To give praise to
To give praise to; to commend, glorify, or worship.
- Be sure to praise Bobby for his excellent work at school this week.
- Some of the passengers were heard praising God as the stricken plane landed safely.
The neighborhood
- synonymaccolade
- synonymapprobation
- synonymapproval
- synonymattaboy
- synonymcompliment
- synonymcommend
- synonymcommendation
- synonymcongratulation
- synonymdouceur
- synonymencomium
- synonymencouragement
- synonymextolment
- antonymblame
- antonymcondemnation
- antonymcriticism
- neighborfamous
- neighborflattery
- neighboraction
- neighborexpression
- neighborapplause
Vish — recursive loop
A definitional loop anchored at praise. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.
A definitional loop anchored at praise. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.
9 hops · closes at praise
curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.
sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA