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praiseful

/preyz/US // preɪz //UK // (preɪz) //

值得称赞的,值得称赞,可嘉的,称赞

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : the act of expressing approval or admiration; commendation; laudation.
    • : the offering of grateful homage in words or song, as an act of worship: a hymn of praise to God.
    • : the state of being approved or admired: The king lived in praise for many years.
    • : Archaic. a ground for praise, or a merit.
v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1

    praised, prais·ing.

    • : to express approval or admiration of; commend; extol.
    • : to offer grateful homage to, as in words or song.

Phrases

  • praise to the skies
  • damn with faint praise
  • sing someone's praises

Synonyms & Antonyms

as incomplimentary
as infavorable

Examples

  • Already in imagination she joined in the sweet praiseful strains of the Sebastian sisters.

  • The lawyer's comment was frankly praiseful, not to say flattering.

  • Help us to see Thy name on blessings that we never recognized, so that we may now be praiseful where we have been indifferent.

  • At this point I strike out some other praiseful things which I was tempted to add.

  • "Best woman driver I ever saw," was the senator's praiseful rejoinder.