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Antonyms for plaudits

Grammar : Noun
Spell : plaw-dit
Phonetic Transcription : ˈplɔ dɪt

Definition of plaudits

Origin :
  • 1620s, short for plaudite "an actor's request for applause" (1560s), from Latin plaudite! "applaud!" second person plural imperative of plaudere "to clap, strike, beat; applaud, approve," of unknown origin (also in applaud, explode). This was the customary appeal for applause that Roman actors made at the end of a play. In English, the -e went silent then was dropped.
  • noun applause
Example sentences :
  • He concluded in an uproar of plaudits from both sides of the House.
  • Extract from : « Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine -- Volume 57, No. 351, January 1845 » by Various
  • The plaudits of the boys and girls were warm and whole-hearted.
  • Extract from : « Highacres » by Jane Abbott
  • I wish, though, he hadn't acknowledged my plaudits by bowing to me.
  • Extract from : « Secret Memoirs: The Story of Louise, Crown Princess » by Henry W. Fischer
  • Of course the answer was a shower of plaudits upon the king.
  • Extract from : « The Swedish Revolution Under Gustavus Vasa » by Paul Barron Watson
  • Does it become a gentleman of my standing to fish for their plaudits?
  • Extract from : « Glances at Europe » by Horace Greeley
  • The plaudits of the world sought not, but scorned its praise and pelf.
  • Extract from : « Gleams of Sunshine » by Joseph Horatio Chant
  • Does he not know this rivalry and hear the plaudits that surround the name of Saratoga?
  • Extract from : « True to His Home » by Hezekiah Butterworth
  • What Olympic delight elated our hearts when the plaudits of thousands greeted us!
  • Extract from : « Cleopatra, Complete » by Georg Ebers
  • And he kissed her on both cheeks, amid the plaudits of the guests.
  • Extract from : « Bouvard and Pcuchet » by Gustave Flaubert
  • Never have the hands of a Christian done thee honor with plaudits.
  • Extract from : « Quo Vadis » by Henryk Sienkiewicz

Synonyms for plaudits

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