Synonyms of laudatory

laudatory

adjective

as in favorable

formal expressing or containing praise

a laudatory biography

The play received mostly laudatory reviews.

Synonyms & Similar Words

• favorable
• positive
• eulogistic
• hagiographic
• hagiographical
• panegyrical
• flattering
• commendatory
• praiseful
• encomiastic
• appreciative
• complimentary
• friendly
• admiring
• laudative
• approving
• warm
• sympathetic
• supportive
• approbatory
• accepting
• respectful
• applauding
• good
• adulatory
• worshipful
• adoring
• recommendatory
• advisory
• worshiping
• worshipping
• idolizing

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• critical
• captious
• hypercritical
• overcritical
• censuring
• disparaging
• contemptuous
• faultfinding
• scornful
• disdainful
• negative
• unfavorable
• uncomplimentary
• derogatory
• carping
• cavilling
• unflattering
• belittling
• slighting
• adverse
• caviling
• depreciatory
• depreciative
• unfriendly
• disapproving
• unappreciative
• inappreciative

Examples of laudatory in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Such a laudatory view was lacking from the former commander-in-chief regarding the police who were overrun and injured by his followers in their riotous assault on the U.S. Capitol on Jan, 6, 2021. —Michael Smolens, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 May 2024

But even the state newspaper, Izvestia, was laudatory. —Christopher Goffard, Los Angeles Times, 10 Apr. 2024

Released in a France still reeling from President Charles de Gaulle (see The Day of the Jackal above), Army of Shadows was thought to be an unfashionably laudatory depiction of the Resistance’s violent methods. —Dennis Perkins, EW.com, 5 Apr. 2024

Kraft has been laudatory of Vrabel dating back to the former linebacker's days with New England, which included helping the franchise win three titles as a linebacker. —USA TODAY, 11 Jan. 2024