Word Meanings - LAUDATORY - Book Publishers vocabulary database

Of or pertaining praise, or to the expression of praise; as, laudatory verses; the laudatory powers of Dryden. Sir J. Stephen.

Possible synonyms: (Same meaning words of LAUDATORY)

• Complimentary
• Commendatory
• laudatory
• panegyrical
• eulogistic
• encomiastic
• lavish of praise

Related words: (words related to LAUDATORY)

• PRAISEWORTHINESS
  The quality or state of being praiseworthy.
• LAVISHNESS
  The quality or state of being lavish.
• LAVISHER
  One who lavishes.
• EULOGISTIC; EULOGISTICAL
  Of or pertaining to eulogy; characterized by eulogy; bestowing praise; panegyrical; commendatory; laudatory; as, eulogistic speech or discourse. -- Eu"lo*gis"tic*al*ly, adv.
• PRAISER
  1. One who praises. "Praisers of men." Sir P. Sidney. 2. An appraiser; a valuator. Sir T. North.
• PRAISEMENT
  Appraisement.
• PRAISELESS
  Without praise or approbation.
• COMMENDATORY
  1. Serving to commend; containing praise or commendation; commending; praising. "Commendatory verses." Pope. 2. Holding a benefice in commendam; as, a commendatory bishop. Burke. Commendatory prayer , a prayer read over the dying. "The
• ENCOMIASTIC
  A panegyric. B. Jonson.
• PRAISEWORTHILY
  In a praiseworthy manner. Spenser.
• PRAISE
  fr. pretium price. See Price, n., and cf. Appreciate, Praise, n., 1. To commend; to applaud; to express approbation of; to laud; -- applied to a person or his acts. "I praise well thy wit." Chaucer. Let her own works praise her in the gates. Prov.
• ENCOMIASTIC; ENCOMIASTICAL
  Bestowing praise; praising; eulogistic; laudatory; as, an encomiastic address or discourse. -- En*co`mi*as"tic*al*ly, adv.
• LAVISHMENT
  The act of lavishing.
• PRAISE-MEETING
  A religious service mainly in song.
• LAVISH
  1. Expending or bestowing profusely; profuse; prodigal; as, lavish of money; lavish of praise. 2. Superabundant; excessive; as, lavish spirits. Let her have needful, but not lavish, means. Shak. Syn. -- Profuse; prodigal; wasteful; extravagant;
• LAVISHLY
  In a lavish manner.
• PRAISEFUL
  Praiseworthy.
• LAUDATORY
  Of or pertaining praise, or to the expression of praise; as, laudatory verses; the laudatory powers of Dryden. Sir J. Stephen.
• PRAISEWORTHY
  Worthy of praise or applause; commendable; as, praiseworthy action; he was praiseworthy. Arbuthnot.
• COMPLIMENTARY
  Expressive of regard or praise; of the nature of, or containing, a compliment; as, a complimentary remark; a complimentary ticket. "Complimentary addresses." Prescott.
• APPRAISER
  One who appraises; esp., a person appointed and sworn to estimate and fix the value of goods or estates.
• SLAVISH
  Of or pertaining to slaves; such as becomes or befits a slave; servile; excessively laborious; as, a slavish life; a slavish dependance on the great. -- Slav"ish*ly, adv. -- Slav"ish*ness, n.
• OVERPRAISE
  To praise excessively or unduly.
• RECOMMENDATORY
  Serving to recommend; recommending; commendatory. Swift.
• SUPERPRAISE
  To praise to excess. To vow, and swear, and superpraise my parts. Shak.
• OVERLAVISH
  Lavish to excess.
• APPRAISE
  1. To set a value; to estimate the worth of, particularly by persons appointed for the purpose; as, to appraise goods and chattels. 2. To estimate; to conjecture. Enoch . . . appraised his weight. Tennyson. 3. To praise; to commend. R. Browning.
• PANEGYRIC; PANEGYRICAL
  Containing praise or eulogy; encomiastic; laudatory. "Panegyric strains." Pope. -- Pan`e*gyr"ic*al*ly, adv. Some of his odes are panegyrical. Dryden. (more info) panhgyrico`s, from pa^, pa^n all +
• DISPRAISER
  One who blames or dispraises.
• APPRAISEMENT
  The act of setting the value; valuation by an appraiser; estimation of worth.