Word Meanings - ENCOMIUM - Book Publishers vocabulary database

Warm or high praise; panegyric; strong commendation. His encomiums awakened all my ardor. W. Irving. Syn. -- See Eulogy.

Possible synonyms: (Same meaning words of ENCOMIUM)

• Applause
• Praise
• plaudit
• laudation
• encomium
• commendation
• approbation
• acclamation
• approval
• eulogy
• acclaim
• Panegyric
• Eulogy
• praise
• eulogium

Possible antonyms: (opposite words of ENCOMIUM)

• Blame
• censure
• discommend
• reprove

Related words: (words related to ENCOMIUM)

• EULOGY
  A speech or writing in commendation of the character or services of a person; as, a fitting eulogy to worth. Eulogies turn into elegies. Spenser. Syn. -- Encomium; praise; panegyric; applause. -- Eulogy, Eulogium, Encomium, Panegyric. The idea of
• PRAISEWORTHINESS
  The quality or state of being praiseworthy.
• ACCLAIM
  1. To applaud. "A glad acclaiming train." Thomson. 2. To declare by acclamations. While the shouting crowd Acclaims thee king of traitors. Smollett. 3. To shout; as, to acclaim my joy.
• CENSURER
  One who censures. Sha.
• EULOGIUM
  A formal eulogy. Smollett.
• ACCLAMATION
  A representation, in sculpture or on medals, of people expressing joy. Acclamation medals are those on which laudatory acclamations are recorded. Elmes. (more info) 1. A shout of approbation, favor, or assent; eager expression of approval; loud
• PRAISER
  1. One who praises. "Praisers of men." Sir P. Sidney. 2. An appraiser; a valuator. Sir T. North.
• BLAME
  LL. also to blame, fr. Gr. to speak ill to slander, to blaspheme, fr. evil speaking, perh, for ; injury + a saying, fr. to 1. To censure; to express disapprobation of; to find fault with; to reproach. We have none to blame but ourselves.
• BLAMER
  One who blames. Wyclif.
• PLAUDITORY
  Applauding; commending.
• COMMENDATION
  A message of affection or respect; compliments; greeting. Hark you, Margaret; No princely commendations to my king Shak. (more info) 1. The act of commending; praise; favorable representation in words; recommendation. Need we . . . epistles of
• DISCOMMENDER
  One who discommends; a dispraiser. Johnson.
• REPROVE
  1. To convince. When he is come, he will reprove the world of sin, and of righteousness, and of judgment. John xvi. 9. 2. To disprove; to refute. Reprove my allegation, if you can. Shak. 3. To chide to the face as blameworthy; to accuse as guilty;
• PRAISEMENT
  Appraisement.
• CENSURE
  1. Judgment either favorable or unfavorable; opinion. Take each man's censure, but reserve thy judgment. Shak. 2. The act of blaming or finding fault with and condemning as wrong; reprehension; blame. Both the censure and the praise were merited.
• PLAUDIT
  A mark or expression of applause; praise bestowed. Not in the shouts and plaudits of the throng. Longfellow. Syn. -- Acclamation; applause; encomium; commendation; approbation; approval. (more info) players at the end of a performance), 2d pers.
• PRAISELESS
  Without praise or approbation.
• ENCOMIUM
  Warm or high praise; panegyric; strong commendation. His encomiums awakened all my ardor. W. Irving. Syn. -- See Eulogy.
• APPROVAL
  Approbation; sanction. A censor . . . without whose approval nTemple. Syn. -- See Approbation.
• LAUDATION
  The act of lauding; praise; high commendation.
• DISAPPROVAL
  Disapprobation; dislike; censure; adverse judgment.
• APPRAISER
  One who appraises; esp., a person appointed and sworn to estimate and fix the value of goods or estates.
• SELF-APPLAUSE
  Applause of one's self.
• OVERPRAISE
  To praise excessively or unduly.
• DISAPPROBATION
  The act of disapproving; mental condemnation of what is judged wrong, unsuitable, or inexpedient; feeling of censure. We have ever expressed the most unqualified disapprobation of all the steps. Burke.
• SUPERPRAISE
  To praise to excess. To vow, and swear, and superpraise my parts. Shak.
• DISBLAME
  To clear from blame. Chaucer.