Synonyms & Antonyms : Praise





Praise



( Verb )


Our guests praised the meals as the best they had had for years.

Synonyms:

Acclaim

Flattery

Plaudits

Laudation

Approval

Cheers

Cheering

Compliment

Applause

Approbation

Contextual Examples:

The Football team was highly acclaimed on return for winning the championship.

It is not necessary to indulge in flattery to win friends.

I will not give my approval to any proposal in which my role is not clearly delineated.

Players won the plaudits of the critics.

Children cheered when the teacher announced the holding of the prize distribution ceremony.

Mrs. Indira Gandhi was greeted by large cheering mobs in the USSR.

He was complemented for establishing new records in swimming.

The audience applauded Lata’s song. There was loud applause.



Antonyms:

Abuse

Vituperation

Slander

Scorn

Repudiation

Obloquy

Reproof

Hissing

Disparagement

Contempt

Blame

Condemnation

Slander-Mongering

Contextual Examples:

The master abused his servant for shopping wrong articles.

The meeting of the political parties was marked by personal vituperation and slander-mongering.

The members scorned each other and indulged in attacking their mutual repudiation and in obloquy.

Some members were seen in disparaging contempt for their opponents indulged in hissing sounds.




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