Tuesday word: Laudatory
Tuesday, Apr. 2, 2019
Laudatory (adjective)
laud·a·to·ry [law-duh-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee]
adjective
1. containing or expressing praise: overwhelmed by the speaker's laudatory remarks.
Sometimes laud·a·tive.
CAN BE CONFUSED
laudable
RELATED FORMS
laud·a·to·ri·ly , adverb
o·ver·laud·a·to·ry , adjective
self-laud·a·to·ry , adjective
un·laud·a·tive , adjective
un·laud·a·to·ry , adjective
Synonyms
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adulatory, complimentary, commendatory.
RELATED WORDS
flattering, acclamatory, approbatory, commendatory, adulatory, approbative, encomiastic, eulogistic, laudative, panegyrical, praiseful
NEARBY WORDS
laudable, laudanum, laudation, laudator, laudator temporis acti, lauder, lauder, sir harry, lauderdale lakes, lauderhill, laudian
Origin: 1545–55; < Late Latin laudatorius, equivalent to lauda ( re ) to laud + -torius -tory
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Laudatory (adjective)
laud·a·to·ry [law-duh-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee]
adjective
1. containing or expressing praise: overwhelmed by the speaker's laudatory remarks.
Sometimes laud·a·tive.
CAN BE CONFUSED
laudable
RELATED FORMS
laud·a·to·ri·ly , adverb
o·ver·laud·a·to·ry , adjective
self-laud·a·to·ry , adjective
un·laud·a·tive , adjective
un·laud·a·to·ry , adjective
Synonyms
See more synonyms on Thesaurus.com
adulatory, complimentary, commendatory.
RELATED WORDS
flattering, acclamatory, approbatory, commendatory, adulatory, approbative, encomiastic, eulogistic, laudative, panegyrical, praiseful
NEARBY WORDS
laudable, laudanum, laudation, laudator, laudator temporis acti, lauder, lauder, sir harry, lauderdale lakes, lauderhill, laudian
Origin: 1545–55; < Late Latin laudatorius, equivalent to lauda ( re ) to laud + -torius -tory
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