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Antonyms for lauded

Grammar : Verb
Spell : lawd
Phonetic Transcription : lɔd

Definition of lauded

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 :
  • These facts rob the act which has been so lauded by historians of all heroism.
  • Extract from : « Aztec Land » by Maturin M. Ballou
  • You cannot tell how my heart beats when I hear you lauded when you are away.
  • Extract from : « The Memoires of Casanova, Complete » by Jacques Casanova de Seingalt
  • In it the cleverness of Miss Sally Blossom was lauded to the skies.
  • Extract from : « Mary Louise and Josie O'Gorman » by Emma Speed Sampson
  • But he lauded the Canadians for the heroic spirit which they had manifested.
  • Extract from : « The Rise of Canada, from Barbarism to Wealth and Civilisation » by Charles Roger
  • What are the lauded climates of Italy and Greece compared to such a record as this?
  • Extract from : « Buchanan's Journal of Man, August 1887 » by Various
  • All of the British newspapers in China lauded the wise action of the Chambers.
  • Extract from : « China, Japan and the U.S.A. » by John Dewey
  • In them he revelled in his turnout; was sought after, eulogized and lauded.
  • Extract from : « Walt Whitman in Mickle Street » by Elizabeth Leavitt Keller
  • It was always the way—they made fun of him and lauded him by turns.
  • Extract from : « Tom Slade on the River » by Percy K. Fitzhugh
  • People recounted the scenes he had delineated and lauded the artist to the skies.
  • Extract from : « The Spell of Belgium » by Isabel Anderson
  • He lauded the character of the Virginia Legislature, of which he had been a member.
  • Extract from : « The Life of John Marshall (Volume 1 of 4) » by Albert J. Beveridge

Synonyms for lauded

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