adjective containing or expressing praise: overwhelmed by the speaker's laudatory remarks.
Also, laud·a·tive.
Origin: 1545–55; <
Late Latin laudātōrius, equivalent to
laudā(
re) to
laud +
-tōrius -tory1 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
adulatory, complimentary, commendatory.