Antonyms for panegyrical

Grammar : Adj

Spell : pan-i-jir-ik, -jahy-rik

Phonetic Transcription : ˌpæn ɪˈdʒɪr ɪk, -ˈdʒaɪ rɪk

Definition of panegyrical

Origin : "eulogy, laudation," c.1600, from French panégyrique (1510s), from Latin panegyricus "public eulogy," originally an adjective, "for a public festival," from Greek panegyrikos (logos) "(a speech) given in a public assembly," from panegyris "public assembly (especially in honor of a god)," from pan- "all" (see pan-) + agyris "place of assembly," Aeolic form of agora (see agora).

As in laudatory : adj complimentary
As in complimentary : adj flattering
As in glowing : adj very happy, enthusiastic

Example sentences :

So now she filled a whole page of her diary with panegyrical regrets.
Extract from : « Queen Victoria » by Lytton Strachey

Some panegyrical, directly contrary to the former; many of which we have in Martial upon the Emperor Domitian, and in others.
Extract from : « Lectures on Poetry » by Joseph Trapp

We have studiously avoided portraying fashionable life according to the vulgar notions, whether depreciatory or panegyrical.
Extract from : « Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. CCCXXVIII. February, 1843. Vol. LIII. » by Various

Even Jefferson's most panegyrical biographer declares Marshall to have been "an earnest and sincere man."
Extract from : « The Life of John Marshall (Volume 2 of 4) » by Albert J. Beveridge

He is perhaps weakest, like all poets with the signal exception of Dryden, when he is panegyrical.
Extract from : « A Short History of French Literature » by George Saintsbury

A fuller report of the above speech is given at f. 108, some panegyrical verses at ff.
Extract from : « The Lyon in Mourning, Vol. 1 » by Robert Forbes

There is no panegyrical emphasis, no calumnious innuendo, in his sketches.
Extract from : « Renaissance in Italy, Volume 2 (of 7) » by John Addington Symonds

The official history of this period is rendered almost worthless by its sustained note of panegyrical laudation.
Extract from : « Renaissance in Italy, Volume 2 (of 7) » by John Addington Symonds

It is rather satirical than panegyrical in character, and its poetical worth is very far from high.
Extract from : « A History of English Literature » by George Saintsbury

But in these panegyrical orations, they oftimes rather exceed than excel.
Extract from : « Biographia Scoticana (Scots Worthies) » by John Howie

Synonyms for panegyrical

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