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- [preyz]
- /preɪz/
- /preɪz/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [preyz]
- /preɪz/
Definitions of praising word
- noun praising the act of expressing approval or admiration; commendation; laudation. 1
- noun praising the offering of grateful homage in words or song, as an act of worship: a hymn of praise to God. 1
- noun praising the state of being approved or admired: The king lived in praise for many years. 1
- noun praising Archaic. a ground for praise, or a merit. 1
- verb with object praising to express approval or admiration of; commend; extol. 1
- verb with object praising to offer grateful homage to (God or a deity), as in words or song. 1
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Origin of praising
First appearance:
before 1175 One of the 8% oldest English words
1175-1225; (v.) Middle English preisen < Old French preisier to value, prize < Late Latin pretiāre, derivative of Latin pretium price, worth, reward; (noun) Middle English, derivative of the v.; see prize2
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Parts of speech for Praising
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
praising popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 96% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
This word is included in each student's vocabulary. Most likely there is at least one movie with this word in the title.
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This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for praising
adj praising
- acclamatory — a loud shout or other demonstration of welcome, goodwill, or approval.
- approbative — showing approbation or approval
- approbatory — approving; expressing approbation.
- commendatory — serving to commend; expressing praise or approval
noun praising
- aggrandizement — If someone does something for aggrandizement, they do it in order to get power, wealth, and importance for themselves.
- aggrandisement — an act or instance of aggrandizing, or increasing in size, or intensity: aggrandizement of mercantile trade in the early colonies.
- aggrandization — The act of aggrandizing, or the state of being aggrandized or exalted in power, rank, honor, or wealth; exaltation; enlargement.
- ennoblement — (uncountable) The state of being noble.
Antonyms for praising
adj praising
- accidentally on purpose — Deliberately, though apparently accidentally.
- all-important — crucial; vital
- aspersive — to attack with false, malicious, and damaging charges or insinuations; slander.
- calumniatory — of, involving, or using calumny; slanderous; defamatory.
- captious — apt to make trivial criticisms; fault-finding; carping
adjective praising
- cavillous — Characterized by caviling, or disposed to cavil; quibbling.
- culpatory — expressing blame
- detractory — (now rare) That detracts from something; disparaging, depreciatory.
- epithetical — Alternative form of epithetic.
- exceptive — Exceptional, having an exception.
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