Antonyms for laud

Grammar : Verb

Spell : lawd

Phonetic Transcription : lɔd

Definition of laud

Origin : late 14c., from Old French lauder "praise, extol," from Latin laudare "to praise, commend, honor, extol, eulogize," from laus (genitive laudis) "praise, fame glory." Probably cognate with Old English leoð "song, poem, hymn," from Proto-Germanic *leuthan (cf. Old Norse ljoð "strophe," German Lied "song," Gothic liuþon "to praise"), and from an echoic PIE root *leu-. Related: Lauded; lauding.

verb acclaim, praise

Example sentences :

The wench came up soon after, all aghast, with a Laud, Miss!
Extract from : « Clarissa, Volume 2 (of 9) » by Samuel Richardson

The presence of his kind to see and laud was an inspiration to him.
Extract from : « Heather and Snow » by George MacDonald

Its corners were cut off as the ears of Laud's victims had been cut off at Westminster.
Extract from : « Browning's England » by Helen Archibald Clarke

And you, child, too, Shall have your task; deliver this to Laud.
Extract from : « Browning's England » by Helen Archibald Clarke

Laud will not be the slowest in thy praise: "Thorough" he'll cry!
Extract from : « Browning's England » by Helen Archibald Clarke

Would he wound a Sydneyite in the fifth rib, let him laud Melbourne.
Extract from : « Recollections » by David Christie Murray

Laud and praise be to God that hath sent us the true knowledge.
Extract from : « Short Studies on Great Subjects » by James Anthony Froude

From this time the history of Oxford, for forty years, is mixed up with the history of Laud.
Extract from : « Oxford » by Andrew Lang

It has been said that Laud would not have known how to wear them.
Extract from : « Oxford » by Andrew Lang

Why is it then, we repeat, that Moses does not laud Enosh equally with Enoch?
Extract from : « Commentary on Genesis, Vol. II » by Martin Luther

Synonyms for laud

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