CONGRATULATING Synonyms: 29 Similar and Opposite Words

congratulating

verb

present participle of congratulate

as in cheering

to express to (someone) admiration for his or her success or good fortune let me be the first to congratulate you on winning the award

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Recent Examples of congratulating Tommy Hilfiger teased it with an Instagram post on Wednesday congratulating Kelce on his wedding last week to Taylor Swift. — Lisa Gutierrez july 9, Kansas City Star, 9 July 2026 Madix received calls from her friends, her family, and her boyfriend, Daniel Wai, congratulating her on her Emmy nomination. — Armando Tinoco, Deadline, 8 July 2026 All day, people are coming up to him, congratulating him on his son’s success. — Cody Stavenhagen, New York Times, 6 July 2026 Both Zelenskyy and Russian President Vladimir Putin held phone calls with Trump on Saturday, congratulating him on the July Fourth commemoration of the 250th anniversary of American independence. — Michelle L. Price, Chicago Tribune, 5 July 2026 In February 2024, Rudd was seen congratulating Kelce on the field after the Chiefs won 25-22 against the San Francisco 49ers at the Super Bowl. — Escher Walcott, PEOPLE, 4 July 2026 All participating children receive certificates, congratulating them on participation or meeting those goals. — Chelsea Cirruzzo, STAT, 2 July 2026 On Saturday, Jeffries took a step in that direction by congratulating New York City's Democratic nominees, including Valdez and Chevalier. — ABC News, 28 June 2026 Her dumbas-- was on Twitter last night congratulating fans for different things. — Ryan Canfield Outkick, FOXNews.com, 26 June 2026

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Thiero was asked to critique his windmill dunk, which was his first highlight of the game and one that had fans cheering.

— Broderick Turner, Los Angeles Times, 11 July 2026
One with a huge cheering section among the Hornets’ contingent, just like everyone else had, with Schnall, Plotkin, coaches and Charlotte’s players cheering them on in the desert as the team seeks to repeat as summer league champions.

— Roderick Boone, Charlotte Observer, 10 July 2026

Definition of cheering

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Fans are commending Hathaway for owning the mistake, with many praising her for making the look her own.

— Catherine Santino, PEOPLE, 1 July 2026
Western, for his part, had by this time recovered something of his usual bluster, and began again upon the subject of Blifil, commending his estate and his family with great earnestness, as though these considerations alone ought to have settled the matter long since.

— Jay Caspian Kang, New Yorker, 2 June 2026

Definition of commending

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In a tunnel as both teams prepared to take the pitch for the pomp of the two national anthems, out of view of the crowd, Norwegian star Erling Haaland was hugging or dapping his opponents.

— Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 12 July 2026
The United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations center, overseen by the British military, said the ship had been traveling in a route hugging the shoreline of Oman.

— Jon Gambrell, Los Angeles Times, 11 July 2026

Definition of hugging

Verb

All right, this is the patronizing version of complimenting the elderly.

— Judith Martin, Mercury News, 6 July 2026
Aabria, by contrast, leans on personality and connection, clasping hands with the jurors and complimenting them before calmly lying about the rules of the bra contest and her victory.

— Tasha Robinson, Vulture, 30 June 2026

Definition of complimenting

Verb

Most players who have toiled in the minor league system debut in front of applauding friends and family.

— Liana Handler Follow, Los Angeles Times, 6 July 2026
The sea of yellow applauding the efforts of the dejected Brazilian players who milled about, seemingly unwilling to accept that a match that took so long to really get going was over so quickly.

— Hannah Keyser, CNN Money, 5 July 2026

Definition of applauding

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