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laud Definition

laud (lôd)

noun

  1. praise
  2. any song or hymn of praise
  3. the service of dawn which constitutes the second (or, when said together with matins, the first) of the canonical hours and includes psalms of praise; morning prayer

Etymology: ME laude < OFr < ML(Ec) laudes, pl. < L laus (gen. laudis), glory, praise < ? IE echoic base *lēu- > OE leoth, Ger lied, song

transitive verb

to praise; extol

Etymology: ME lauden < L laudare < the n.

Laud Definition

Laud (lôd)

Laud, William 1573-1645; Eng. prelate: archbishop of Canterbury (1633-45): executed

laud Synonyms

laud

v.

praise, eulogize, flatter, commend; see admire 1, praise 1, compliment 1, 2. See syn. study at praise.

laud Usage Examples

Object

  • album: Those tracks simply do not belong on an album lauded for being one of the greatest of all time.
  • growth: It hated and at the same time lauded the growth of modern industrialism and the rise of the cities.
  • film: As often as not the films so lauded are likely to be quite forgotten in a year or so.
  • government: They laud a government which does the bidding of international financial institutions and can manage donor projects.
  • fact: The party should laud that fact, and put resources behind areas that are beginning to be effective in campaigning.

Subject

  • critic: Laban has been even more comprehensively lauded by critics and public alike.
  • british: Lauded by the british as the inventor of television, was John logie Baird really a hero or a fraud?

Preposition: as

  • hero: Anyway, when the expedition finally return to France, Maurice Herzog is lauded as a national hero by the French.
  • world-beater: Still the difference between being lauded as world-beaters and being condemned as a bunch of tossers, is as slim as ever.

Modifying Another Word

  • critically: Throughout the 20th Century many critically lauded productions continued the theater's successful streak, which shows no signs of ending.
  • rightly: Created by Tony Garnett, The Cops has been rightly lauded for its originality and brutal honesty.
  • much: Her place in the much lauded historical mystery is marked by a ticket stub from an exotic airline.
  • widely: Perversely in 1988 I didn't choose to buy or even scrounge a tape of the widely lauded Daydream Nation album.
  • often: Brilliantly marketed, and, rather perversely, often lauded by exactly the same kind of people who condemn Disney as the evil empire.
  • so: As often as not the films so lauded are likely to be quite forgotten in a year or so.

Preposition: from

  • rooftop: So it was with some cynicism that I downloaded the latest piece of software that has been lauded from the rooftops.

Preposition: by

  • critic: Adored by his fans, admired by his fellow comics and lauded by the critics, he still isn't a household name.
  • press: They became media celebrities, lauded by the press and invited to chic star parties.
  • british: Lauded by the british as the inventor of television, was John logie Baird really a hero or a fraud?

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