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Synonyms & Antonyms of laudatory
formal
expressing or containing praise
- a laudatory biography
- The play received mostly laudatory reviews.
Synonyms & Near Synonyms for laudatory
- encomiastic,
- eulogistic,
- flattering,
- hagiographic
- (also hagiographical),
- laudative,
- panegyrical,
- praiseful
- admiring,
- applauding,
- appreciative,
- approbatory,
- approving,
- commendatory,
- complimentary,
- favorable,
- friendly,
- good,
- positive
- adoring,
- adulatory,
- idolizing,
- worshipful,
- worshipping
- (also worshiping)
Antonyms & Near Antonyms for laudatory
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The first known use of laudatory was in 1555
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