I.
noun
ADJECTIVE
▪ considerable , effusive , extravagant , fulsome , glowing , great , high , lavish , special , unstinting , warm
▪
The speech earned him lavish ~ from the press.
▪ faint
▪
My comment sounds like damning with faint ~ ( = praise so little that you seem to be criticizing ).
▪ widespread
▪ universal
▪ critical (= praise from the critics of art, music, etc.)
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The novels have won widespread critical ~.
▪ public
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His accomplishments won him wide public ~.
VERB + PRAISE
▪ be full of , be fulsome in ( esp. BrE ), be gushing in ( esp. BrE ), be unstinting in , gush with ( esp. AmE )
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The critics were full of ~ for the movie.
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The director is equally gushing in his ~ of the actor.
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He was unstinting in his ~ of his teacher.
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She gushed with ~ for the winners.
▪ give sb , have , offer
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He has great ~ for his co-stars.
▪ single sb out for
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The team's coach singled his goalkeeper out for ~.
▪ heap , lavish , shower (sb with)
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an article heaping ~ on the government
▪ come in for , receive
▪ attract , draw , earn , garner , get , win
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The play has attracted universal ~.
▪ deserve
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These artists deserve ~ for the clarity of their visions.
PREPOSITION
▪ beyond ~
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This book is beyond ~.
▪ in ~ of
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He wrote many poems in ~ of his wife.
▪ ~ for
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They earned ~ for their efforts.
▪ ~ from
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The decision also won ~ from local people.
▪ ~ of
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her ~ of his skill
▪ ~ to
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much joyous singing and ~ to God
PHRASES
▪ a chorus of ~ , a paean of ~ ( literary )
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The French manager led the chorus of ~ for the German team.
▪ have nothing but ~ for sb/sth
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The patients interviewed had nothing but ~ for the hospital staff.
▪ sing sb's ~s
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The newspapers were singing the president's ~s.
▪ a word of ~
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There were words of ~ for the show's designer.
II.
verb
ADVERB
▪ effusively , highly , lavishly , warmly
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He ~d all his staff highly.
▪ publicly
▪ justly , rightly
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Her achievements in this field have been rightly ~d.
▪ repeatedly
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She repeatedly ~d him and his works.
VERB + PRAISE
▪ be quick to
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The defeated captain was quick to ~ the winning team.
PREPOSITION
▪ for
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They ~d him for his cooking.
PHRASES
▪ be unanimously ~d , be universally ~d , be widely ~d
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The album has been universally ~d for its creativity.
▪ ~ sb/sth to the skies
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Her manager ~d her to the skies.
Praise is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑ critic
Praise is used with these nouns as the object: ↑ bravery , ↑ decision , ↑ effort , ↑ god , ↑ work