acclaimed

adjective ac·claimed \ ə-ˈklāmd \

Updated on: 22 Apr 2018

Definition of acclaimed

: enthusiastically praised

an acclaimed performance/performer

the city's most acclaimed restaurants

Greenfeld is best known as a journalist, the author of five acclaimed books of nonfiction …
—Jay McInerney

Recent Examples of acclaimed from the Web

At varying degrees of ridiculous, Hollywood has given us Zoolander’s maniacal, latte-spitting villain Mugatu (Will Ferrell), Prêt-à-Porter’s smoldering Simone Lowenthal (Anouk Aimée), and the critically-acclaimed Daniel Day Lewis in Phantom Thread.

— randi bergman, The Cut, "A Definitive Ranking of Donatella Versace Impressions," 18 Jan. 2018
The play is a product of Chicago's highly-acclaimed Steppenwolf Theatre, which was founded in the early 1970s, said Garnes.

— annie gentile, Courant Community, "Lunchtime Lecture Features 'August: Osage County'," 17 Apr. 2018
Other Aftershock highlights include a rare Sacramento performance from At the Drive-In, the explosive and critically acclaimed Texas band, and Everlast, the rapper from House of Pain who also found success as a singer-songwriter.

— chris macias, sacbee, "Aftershock unveils two headliners. Why one frontman calls Sacramento a ‘rad city’," 9 Apr. 2018
Even the acclaimed and well-financed Lucky Peach, which had the backing of the celebrity chef David Chang and about 30,000 subscribers, closed last year.

— tejal rao, New York Times, "A New Generation of Food Magazines Thinks Small, and in Ink," 27 Mar. 2018
One of the most gifted and acclaimed vocal artists on the international scene, Owens has given compelling performances of Beethoven and Wagner with the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra in recent years.

— tim smith, baltimoresun.com, "Stellar bass-baritone Eric Owens to give Baltimore recital debut," 20 Mar. 2018
Boyle is an acclaimed, Oscar-winning director who has also demonstrated a knack for pulpy action.

— scott meslow, GQ, "Danny Boyle Confirms He’ll Direct the Next James Bond Movie," 15 Mar. 2018
There's a certain kind of old-school charm to a series like Amazon's Sneaky Pete, which returned Friday for its second season after a 14-month gap after its first acclaimed but mostly under-the-radar run.

— tim goodman, The Hollywood Reporter, "'Sneaky Pete' Season 2: TV Review," 9 Mar. 2018
His father is the acclaimed, innovative Latin jazz bandleader and pianist Arturo O’Farrill, and his grandfather was the great Afro-Cuban bandleader Chico.

— peter margasak, Chicago Reader, "Trumpeter Adam O’Farrill pivots away from his family’s musical legacy toward dazzling postbop sounds," 23 Feb. 2018

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