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单词 laud
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Definition of laud in English:

laud

verb lɔːdlɔd
[with object]formal
  • Praise (a person or their achievements) highly.

    the obituary lauded him as a great statesman and soldier
    Example sentencesExamples
    • For this he was lauded by the international business press and Washington.
    • Now she is lauded as the beloved elder stateswoman of the tournament.
    • What about the gifts in cash and kind reporters on the business pages are liable to receive for lauding a particular scrip or company?
    • He had sort of a cult following him, admiring and lauding his every action.
    • As a reward, I will mention your pasta-sauce-making attempt on the mainpage and laud you and revere you for all to see.
    • If these people wished to laud him, they were welcome to it - he would simply sit and enjoy the rather wonderful irony.
    • The British public are notoriously fickle about their celebrities - bullying them one minute, lauding them the next.
    • It may seem that I am justifying or lauding the attack.
    • Which is why both these films had critics lauding them
    • I don't know much about this director, but I hear he is highly lauded in certain circles.
    • Ironically, when a person is able to maintain a reputation for honesty, he or she is lauded.
    • I imagine he's out there drawing cartoons somewhere or painting paintings, but no one's beating his door down lauding him as the great artist that he is.
    • In the long term, in paradise, but also in the short term, as others from church lauded me for my suffering.
    • We took them out and carefully replaced them where we found them and ended the matter with suitable speeches, lauding ourselves for our great achievement.
    • Their achievements will be lauded in the hills around Killawalla for many years.
    • In the Commons, she was extravagantly lauded for her honesty, integrity, humanity.
    • The awards laud achievements in commercial, dramatic, and documentary film and television.
    • It deserves to be lauded and praised as much as it deserves to be scrutinized and picked apart.
    • He'd been a perfect gentleman, lauding me with compliments, calling when he said he would.
    • Well those who protect this system of conservatism and corporatism love lauding us with such flowery titles.
    Synonyms
    praise, extol, hail, applaud, acclaim, commend, admire, approve of, make much of, sing the praises of, lionize, speak highly of, pay tribute/homage to, eulogize, sing paeans to
    cheer, celebrate, welcome, salute, glorify, exalt, rhapsodize over/about, honour, adore, revere, venerate, idolize
    informal put on a pedestal, rave about
    British informal big someone/something up
    dated cry someone/something up
    archaic magnify
    rare panegyrize
noun lɔːdlɔd
mass nounarchaic
  • Praise.

    all glory, laud, and honour to Thee Redeemer King

Origin

Late Middle English: the noun from Old French laude, the verb from Latin laudare, both from Latin laus, laud- 'praise' (see also lauds).

Rhymes

aboard, abroad, accord, afford, applaud, award, bawd, board, broad, chord, Claude, cord, ford, fraud, gaud, Gawd, hoard, horde, lord, maraud, milord, sward, sword, toward, unawed, unexplored, unrestored, ward
 
 

Definition of laud in US English:

laud

verblôdlɔd
[with object]formal
  • Praise (a person or their achievements) highly, especially in a public context.

    the obituary lauded him as a great statesman and soldier
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Their achievements will be lauded in the hills around Killawalla for many years.
    • We took them out and carefully replaced them where we found them and ended the matter with suitable speeches, lauding ourselves for our great achievement.
    • It deserves to be lauded and praised as much as it deserves to be scrutinized and picked apart.
    • It may seem that I am justifying or lauding the attack.
    • Now she is lauded as the beloved elder stateswoman of the tournament.
    • He had sort of a cult following him, admiring and lauding his every action.
    • I imagine he's out there drawing cartoons somewhere or painting paintings, but no one's beating his door down lauding him as the great artist that he is.
    • He'd been a perfect gentleman, lauding me with compliments, calling when he said he would.
    • Which is why both these films had critics lauding them
    • In the long term, in paradise, but also in the short term, as others from church lauded me for my suffering.
    • The awards laud achievements in commercial, dramatic, and documentary film and television.
    • Ironically, when a person is able to maintain a reputation for honesty, he or she is lauded.
    • As a reward, I will mention your pasta-sauce-making attempt on the mainpage and laud you and revere you for all to see.
    • Well those who protect this system of conservatism and corporatism love lauding us with such flowery titles.
    • I don't know much about this director, but I hear he is highly lauded in certain circles.
    • The British public are notoriously fickle about their celebrities - bullying them one minute, lauding them the next.
    • In the Commons, she was extravagantly lauded for her honesty, integrity, humanity.
    • If these people wished to laud him, they were welcome to it - he would simply sit and enjoy the rather wonderful irony.
    • For this he was lauded by the international business press and Washington.
    • What about the gifts in cash and kind reporters on the business pages are liable to receive for lauding a particular scrip or company?
    Synonyms
    praise, extol, hail, applaud, acclaim, commend, admire, approve of, make much of, sing the praises of, lionize, speak highly of, pay homage to, pay tribute to, eulogize, sing paeans to
nounlôdlɔd
archaic
  • Praise.

    all glory, laud, and honor to Thee

Origin

Late Middle English: the noun from Old French laude, the verb from Latin laudare, both from Latin laus, laud- ‘praise’ (see also lauds).

 
 
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