Antonyms for celebrates


Grammar : Verb
Spell : sel-uh-breyt
Phonetic Transcription : ˈsɛl əˌbreɪt


Definition of celebrates

Origin :
  • mid-15c., originally of the Mass, from Latin celebratus "much-frequented; kept solemn; famous," past participle of celebrare "assemble to honor," also "to publish; sing praises of; practice often," originally "to frequent in great numbers," from celeber "frequented, populous, crowded;" with transferred senses of "well-attended; famous; often-repeated." Related: Celebrated; celebrating.
  • verb commemorate occasion, achievement
Example sentences :
  • In two instances Browning celebrates English friends in his poetry.
  • Extract from : « Browning's England » by Helen Archibald Clarke
  • This was the day which Massachusetts now celebrates as Patriots' Day.
  • Extract from : « The Siege of Boston » by Allen French
  • She had that "oblique integrity" which she celebrates in one of her poems.
  • Extract from : « Adventures in the Arts » by Marsden Hartley
  • He conquers Uruk, and it is he who celebrates the victory of the divine bull.
  • Extract from : « The Religion of Babylonia and Assyria » by Morris Jastrow
  • German discipline, once so slandered, now celebrates its triumph.
  • Extract from : « The Story of the Great War, Volume I (of 8) » by Various
  • I recur to it here because it gave its name to the great campaign it celebrates.
  • Extract from : « With Fire and Sword » by Samuel H. M. Byers
  • In Spain one celebrates the birthday of the saint for whom one is named.
  • Extract from : « The Little Spanish Dancer » by Madeline Brandeis
  • But the love which he celebrates is only the brotherly love of Christians.
  • Extract from : « The Essence of Christianity » by Ludwig Feuerbach
  • This day, January 6th, 1896, celebrates our admission into the union.
  • Extract from : « Wilford Woodruff » by Matthias F. Cowley
  • It is his—and his only—birthday America celebrates as a national holiday.
  • Extract from : « Revolutionary Reader » by Sophie Lee Foster

Synonyms for celebrates

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