English to English Dictionary - Meaning of Praise in English is : compliment, acclaim, laud, glorify, commendation, commend, extol, honour, applaud, exalt, worship, applause, acclamation, approval, glorification, homage, honor, approve, eulogize, kudos,

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Word	Praise
	an expression of approval and commendation; he always appreciated praise for his work / offering words of homage as an act of worship / To commend / to say very nice words about someone or something / the expression of approval or admiration for someone or something.,
Usage	⇒ The teacher praised the student for his hard work ⇒ the audience was full of praise for the whole production
Synonyms	compliment, acclaim, laud, glorify, commendation, commend, extol, honour, applaud, exalt, worship, applause, acclamation, approval, glorification, homage, honor, approve, eulogize, kudos,
Antonyms	blame, reproach, censure, criticize, admonish, condemnation, disdain, disparage, rebuke, belittle, slander, vilify, abuse, castigate, chide, condemn, criticism, denounce, denunciation, disapproval,

Synonyms explanation is given below :

Acclaim

praise, laud, acclamation, applause, compliment, applaud, glorify, extol, hail, cheer,

The critics acclaimed his new book / The critics acclaimed his new book His new book was received with great critical acclaim / THe sportscasters acclaimed e...

Acclamation

praise, acclaim, applause, plaudit, kudos, plaudits, commendation, ovation, approbation,

Indian team carried the world cup amidst great acclamation / the tackle brought the fans to their feet in acclamation / be voted by (with) acclamation

Applaud

praise, acclaim, cheer, laud, commend, extol, approve, eulogize, compliment, clap,

Indian spectators applauded Sachins good performance A victory ought to be applauded / Indian spectators applauded Sachins good performance / the crowd whist...

Applause

praise, acclaim, acclamation, approval, commendation, clapping, ovation, plaudit,

Applause from the spectators encourage the players and artists Dont get puffed off by the vain applause / Applause from the spectators encourage the players ...

Approval

sanction, approbation, endorsement, authorization, consent, permission, acceptance,

The terms are subject to the approval of th managing committee / the road plans have been given approval / The extra holiday was hailed with hearty approval ...

Approve

sanction, endorse, authorize, support, allow, confirm, ratify, accept, validate, permit,

Your tour programme has been approved by the financial authorities The text book is approved by the Board of Secondary Education M.P. Bhopal / Your tour prog...

Commend

praise, recommend, applaud, laud, extol, compliment, acclaim, approve, endorse, eulogize,

His paintings were highly commended by the critics / he was commended by the judge for his courageous actions / I want to commend you

Commendation

praise, compliment, acclaim, approval, recommendation, tribute, applause, eulogy, encomium,

The artist was hurled with commendations by the critics / the film deserved the highest commendation / Her Mother's commendation encouraged the daughter

Compliment

praise, congratulate, laud, acclaim, commend, flatter, applaud, commendation, tribute,

I gave her a written compliment for her excellent dance performance / she paid me an enormous compliment / Fantastic! Thanks for the compliment / bestowe com...

Eulogize

laud, extol, praise, applaud, commend, celebrate, acclaim, exalt, glorify, compliment,

The dead woman was eulogized at the funeral / contemporaries eulogized him as a great US senator

Exalt

glorify, elevate, raise, extol, revere, worship, dignify, ennoble, praise, deify, laud,

The poor will be exalted / The fireman was publicly exalted for his heroism. / The actor Alec Guinness was exalted to the rank of knighthood by the Queen; he...

Extol

praise, glorify, exalt, laud, applaud, commend, eulogize, acclaim, celebrate, compliment,

The elders should extol the virtues of ones children / The statesman extolled the ambassador who single-handedly negotiated the peace treaty. / The president...

Glorification

praise, exaltation, glory, adulation, aggrandizement, reverence, admiration, adoration,

a bed of indurated clay

Glorify

exalt, extol, praise, laud, worship, revere, venerate, celebrate, idolize, adore, bless,

Some critics unnecessarliy glorify some works of art for vested interests / God can be glorified through a life of scholarship / We gather to glorify God / t...

Homage

respect, reverence, deference, esteem, worship, honour, obeisance, praise, devotion,

In her speech she tried to pay homage to a great man. / Her book is a homage to her favorite city. / they paid homage to the local boy who became president

Honor

respect, esteem, praise, reverence, regard, glory, repute, revere, venerate, worship,

his portrait hangs in the place of honor / Your Honor / she gave me her word of honor that she'd do it

Honour

respect, esteem, praise, reverence, venerate, glory, revere, worship, renown, adore,

German investigators were to begin analysing information from the planes' flight data recorders and cockpit voice recorders yesterday.

Kudos

praise, acclaim, applause, acclamation, distinction, accolade, fame, approbation,

This new product has got a well-diserved Kudos from the market / The singer complacently received kudos on his performance from his entourage. / Kudos to eve...

Laud

praise, extol, glorify, acclaim, commend, compliment, applaud, eulogize, exalt, celebrate,

He was lauded for his bold stand / The NFL lauded Boomer Esiason's efforts to raise money to combat cystic fibrosis. / an actor who in his lifetime received ...

Worship

reverence, revere, venerate, adore, respect, idolize, adoration, veneration, esteem,

Temples are places of worship / the worship of God

Antonyms explanation is given below :

Abuse

misuse, maltreat, harm, ill-treat, mistreat, hurt, injure, maltreatment, outrage, wrong,

Girl child abuse is rampant in the world / alcohol abuse / Jame was acused of abusing children

Admonish

warn, rebuke, reprove, caution, reprimand, scold, chide, advise, forewarn, upbraid,

She had to be frequently admonished for not paying attention to work / When her courtiers questioned her religious beliefs, May Stuart admonished them, decla...

Belittle

disparage, deprecate, depreciate, diminish, minimize, decry, denigrate, degrade, derogate,

The rich zamindar belittled the farmer by insulting him before the Panchayat / Parents should not belittle their children's early attempts at drawing, but sh...

Blame

censure, reproach, accuse, charge, rebuke, condemn, criticize, denounce, reprimand,

He took the blame for it / his players had to take the blame / Blame him for doing it / blame a person for a thing

Castigate

chastise, punish, rebuke, reprimand, scold, correct, berate, chasten, upbraid, chide,

The author castigated the prime minister as an ineffective leader. / he was castigated for not setting a good example

Censure

reproach, rebuke, reprimand, blame, criticize, criticism, scold, upbraid, condemn,

The celebrities become victims of publlic censure / The critical teacher was quick to censure her students for even small mistakes. / The senator was censure...

Chide

reprimand, scold, rebuke, berate, reproach, reprove, upbraid, censure, admonish, lecture,

The teacher chided the student for not doing the homework / Grandma began to chide Steven for his lying. / She chided us for arriving late. / she chided him ...

Condemn

denounce, censure, blame, criticize, sentence, damn, doom, convict, reproach, decry,

We condemn the racism in South Africa / fair-minded people declined to condemn her on mere suspicion

Condemnation

censure, criticism, disapproval, reproach, sentence, blame, conviction, denunciation,

His uncompromising condemnation of racism ended in his imprisonment / there was strong international condemnation of the attack / Condemnation of the plans c...

Criticism

censure, critique, commentary, review, condemnation, disapproval, reproach, animadversion,

the senator received severe criticism from his opponent constructive criticism is always appreciated / the senator received severe criticism from his opponen...

Criticize

censure, reprimand, denounce, condemn, knock, disparage, blame, scold, attack, rebuke,

states criticized the failure to provide an adequate and permanent compensation / The candidate criticized her competitor / you're always criticizing!

Denounce

condemn, blame, censure, criticize, accuse, attack, charge, decry, stigmatize, arraign,

We should not denounce our Government for their economic policies / The reform candidate denounced the corrupt city officers for having betrayed the public's...

Denunciation

blame, condemnation, accusation, charge, censure, curse, denouncement, indictment,

He does not like her denounciation of his friends / Litigation, public denunciations , and even bribery proved fruitless. / The candidate's denunciation of h...

Disapproval

criticism, dislike, displeasure, censure, condemnation, objection, reproach, disapprobation,

There is a widespread disapproval of government policies / Jill replied with a hint of disapproval in her voice / Chai sook his head in disapproval / he prop...

Disdain

scorn, contempt, contemn, disregard, ridicule, spurn, despise, reject, contumely, ignore,

She gave me a look of disdain / The arrogant writer did not hide his disdain for his uneducated dinner companion. / In the film Funny Face, the bookish heroi...

Disparage

deprecate, depreciate, belittle, decry, denigrate, vilify, defame, diminish, minimize,

She disparaged her students efforts / A doting mother, Emma was more likely to praise her son's crude attempts at art than to disparage them. / Voters don't ...

Rebuke

reprimand, scold, reproach, reprove, censure, upbraid, lecture, berate, reproof, chide,

Servant got a rebuke from his master / No matter how sharply Miss Watson rebuked Huck for his misconduct, he never talked back but just stood there like a st...

Reproach

censure, rebuke, reprimand, blame, upbraid, scold, chide, reprove, criticize, condemn,

She heaped reproaches upon her new servent / He never could do anything wrong without imagining how the look on his mother's face would reproach him afterwar...

Slander

libel, smear, vilify, defame, aspersion, slur, calumniate, defamation, malign, calumny,

Ramesh started a vicious slander against Rahul / Considering the negative comments politicians make about each other, it's a wonder that more of them aren't ...

Vilify

malign, disparage, defame, slander, libel, revile, traduce, calumniate, denounce, decry,

Waging a highly negative campaign, the candidate attempted to vilify his opponent's reputation. / he has been vilified in the press

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