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He was much lauded as a successful businessman.
the critics have lauded the best-selling author's newest novel
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Under El-Sisi, Egypt launched economic reforms that were lauded by the International Monetary Fund but proved painful for ordinary people in a country where more than 27 percent lived in poverty even before the measures.
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Rodman's family members were largely stoic as Fischer, Conrad and other officials lauded their loved one and praised his service.
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This season's award marks the third straight year Stern was lauded by the league.
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Florida International University The innovative bridge, set to open in early 2019, was lauded by both the university and the FIGG Bridge Group, the award-winning firm that designed it, as a grand new gesture in both style and construction.
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When she was picked as deputy director in February, she was lauded by veteran intelligence officials, including former Director of National Intelligence James Clapper, who recently retired.
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Griffin, Akins and Smith all competed in the Senior Bowl and Hughes was lauded by Sports Illustrated for delivering college football’s play of the year — a 95-yard kickoff return for a touchdown that helped UCF earn a 49-42 win over rival USF.
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The ruling was lauded by the NAACP Legal Defense Fund, which represented the black students.
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Chief of Staff John Kelly, lauded by some Beltway media types as the paragon of virtue in this administration, smeared a sitting congresswoman from the White House podium.
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Origin and Etymology of laud
Latin laudare, from laud-, laus
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First Known Use: 14th century
in the meaning defined above
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Near Antonyms
belittle, disparage, put down;
blame, censure, reprehend, reprobate;
admonish, chide, criticize, rebuke, reprimand, reproach, reprove;
castigate, excoriate, keelhaul, lambaste (or lambast), skewer, vilify;
Related Words
approve, commend, endorse (also indorse), favor, recommend, root (for), support;
celebrate, emblazon, eulogize, extol (also extoll), glorify, magnify, sing;
Phrases
doff one's hat to (or doff one's cap to);
Definition of laud
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lauds
or Lauds plural in form but singular or plural in construction
: an office of solemn praise to God forming with matins (see matins 1) the first of the canonical hours (see canonical hour 2)
Examples of laud in a Sentence
an actor who in his lifetime received all the laud and honor that the theater world could bestow
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The young priests rise by 6 a.m. each day and gather in the chapel to sing lauds, a morning prayer to praise God as the sun rises.
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Origin and Etymology of laud
Middle English laudes (plural), from Medieval Latin, from Latin, plural of laud-, laus praise
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First Known Use: 14th century
in the meaning defined at sense 1
See Words from the same yearDefinition of Laud
William 1573–1645 English prelate; archbishop of Canterbury (1633–45)
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