belaud

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US /bɪˈlɔd/ UK /bɪˈlɔːd/ See IPA manual

Meanings

1

verb
to praise extravagantly or excessively

Critics belauded the young author's first novel.

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Synonyms

1 verb · to praise extravagantly or... extol praise laud glorify exalt magnify acclaim

Opposites

disparage decry belittle criticize

Word family

Forms belauded

Derived forms belauded

Related forms laud laudable laudatory

Etymology

From the intensive prefix be- + laud. Laud comes from Old French lauder, from Latin laudare ('to praise'), from laus ('praise').

be- Old English laudare Latin laus Latin

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