lauding
verb
1
as in praising
to declare enthusiastic approval of the critics have lauded the best-selling author's newest novel Synonyms & Similar Words
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- praising
- applauding
- hailing
- acclaiming
- commending
- saluting
- touting
- cheering
- endorsing
- accrediting
- extolling
- approving
- celebrating
- recommending
- cracking up
- clapping
- eulogizing
- ballyhooing
- doffing one's cap to
- favoring
- doffing one's hat to
- supporting
- singing
- adulating
- glorifying
- overpraising
- indorsing
- emblazoning
- flattering
- idolizing
- deifying
- bravoing
- magnifying
- rising (to)
- belauding
- rooting (for)
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- knocking
- slamming
- disparaging
- panning
- belittling
- criticizing
- blaming
- censuring
- admonishing
- chiding
- rebuking
- lambasting
- excoriating
- castigating
- reprimanding
- reproaching
- vilifying
- reprobating
- putting down
- reproving
- discommending
- slagging
- skewering
- reprehending
- keelhauling
2
as in celebrating
to proclaim the glory of the nation's people were expected to laud the dictator at every opportunity Synonyms & Similar Words
- praising
- celebrating
- blessing
- extolling
- hymning
- applauding
- exalting
- commending
- saluting
- worshipping
- worshiping
- resounding
- emblazoning
- hailing
- cheering
- glorifying
- complimenting
- citing
- acclaiming
- magnifying
- eulogizing
- caroling
- chanting
- carolling
- idolizing
- rhapsodizing
- deifying
- adoring
- recommending
- touting
- belauding
- flattering
- renowning
- cracking up
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- criticizing
- blaming
- censuring
- chiding
- admonishing
- reproving
- rebuking
- lambasting
- castigating
- reprimanding
- reproaching
- reprobating
- reprehending
- keelhauling
- pre-settlement
- pre-show
- pre-slaughter
- pre-sleep
- pre-slice
- pre-sliced
- pre-slicing
- pre-Socratic
- pre-song
- pre-specified
- pre-specify
- pre-specifying
- pre-split
- pre-stamp
- pre-stamped
- pre-stamping
- pre-sterilization
- pre-sterilize
- pre-sterilized
- pre-sterilizing
- pre-storage
- pre-store
- pre-stored
- pre-storing
- pre-strike