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Synonyms for praising


Grammar : Verb
Spell : preyz
Phonetic Transcription : preɪz

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Définition of praising

Origin :
  • c.1300, "to laud, commend, flatter," from Old French preisier, variant of prisier "to praise, value," from Late Latin preciare, earlier pretiare (see price (n.)). Replaced Old English lof, hreþ.
  • Specifically with God as an object from late 14c. Related: Praised; praising. Now a verb in most Germanic languages (German preis, Danish pris, etc.), but only in English is it differentiated in form from cognate price.
  • verb congratulate; adore
Example sentences :
  • When we only spoil you by praising and quoting everything you say.
  • Extract from : « Malbone » by Thomas Wentworth Higginson
  • Nobody scarce doth any good, yet they all agree in praising those who do.
  • Extract from : « Joseph Andrews, Vol. 2 » by Henry Fielding
  • You've been praising me for the last ten minutes and I find your style detestable.
  • Extract from : « The Greater Inclination » by Edith Wharton
  • Such is their manner of praising the one and censuring the other.
  • Extract from : « The Republic » by Plato
  • Yes, he said; the States are as bad as the men; and I am very far from praising them.
  • Extract from : « The Republic » by Plato
  • He started in by praising his master—the Knight of the Lions!
  • Extract from : « The Story of Don Quixote » by Arvid Paulson, Clayton Edwards, and Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra
  • By praising you falsely or by persuading you to try to be a good man?
  • Extract from : « The Memorabilia » by Xenophon
  • Everyone seemed to be praising him, and when he went home to bed he could not sleep.
  • Extract from : « The Best Short Stories of 1920 » by Various
  • Praising and petting and alluring and crying-up are half of fortune-telling.
  • Extract from : « The Gypsies » by Charles G. Leland
  • Instead of praising 'em, I be mad wi' 'em for being so ready to bide where they are not wanted.
  • Extract from : « A Pair of Blue Eyes » by Thomas Hardy

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