laudatory
containing or expressing praise: overwhelmed by the speaker's laudatory remarks.
Origin of laudatory
1- Sometimes laud·a·tive .
Other words for laudatory
Other words from laudatory
- 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
Words that may be confused with laudatory
- laudable, laudatory
Words Nearby laudatory
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How to use laudatory in a sentence
Although he seems unlikely to suffer — professionally or otherwise — from accommodating his wife’s position, the coverage of his role as a supportive spouse has often been laudatory, even gushing.
Doug Emhoff playing an age-old role with a new twist | Cleve R. Wootson Jr. | December 20, 2021 | Washington PostHis laudatory comments were perfect for the film, and we got sidetracked.
The first time round, in 2011, the critics, while not unkind, were not laudatory.
How Can Katie Holmes Escape Tom Cruise—and ‘Dawson’s Creek’? | Tim Teeman | October 30, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTOr, for that matter, say anything laudatory about Barack Obama.
The morning after your performance your breakfast-table is covered with newspapers teeming with laudatory criticisms.
Black Diamonds | Mr Jkai
Look at this from the author of a very interesting and laudatory critique.
The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 25 (of 25) | Robert Louis StevensonThe specification is objected to as containing large portions that are merely laudatory.
The Professional Approach | Charles Leonard HarnessSomething between an earthly Queen and a divine Egeria; "Serena" he calls her; and, in his high-flown fashion, is very laudatory.
History Of Friedrich II. of Prussia, Vol. I. (of XXI.) | Thomas CarlyleHomer names the Pelasgians only thrice, and each time with a laudatory epithet.
Studies on Homer and the Homeric Age, Vol. 1 of 3 | W. E. Gladstone
British Dictionary definitions for laudatory
laudative
/ (ˈlɔːdətərɪ, -trɪ) /
expressing or containing praise; eulogistic
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