n. Function: verb
1
Synonyms: COMMEND 2, acclaim, applaud, compliment, hail, kudize, recommend, ||roose
Antonyms: censure, criticize
2 to glorify and exalt expecially in song or writing FF1C; praised God for all his blessings FF1E;
Synonyms: bless, celebrate, cry up, eulogize, extol, glorify, hymn, laud, magnify, panegyrize, psalm, psalmody, resound
Related Words: aggrandize, dignify, distinguish, ennoble, erect, exalt, honor, sublime, uprear; enhance, heighten, intensify; apotheosize; proclaim
Idioms: sing the praises of
Contrasted Words: asperse, calumniate, defame, libel, malign, traduce, vilify; belittle, decry, depreciate, derogate, detract (from), discount, disparage, minimize, opprobriate; censure, criticize, denounce, reprehend, reprobate; abuse, reproach, revile
Antonyms: dispraise; blame