panegyrical

  • 71panegyric — [ˌpanɪ dʒɪrɪk] noun a speech or text in praise of someone or something. Derivatives panegyrical adjective Origin C17: from Fr. panégyrique, via L. from Gk panēgurikos of public assembly …

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  • 72commendatory — a. Commending, laudatory, eulogistic, complimentary, encomiastic, panegyrical …

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  • 73encomiastic — a.; (also encomiastical) Panegyrical, eulogistic, laudatory, commendatory …

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  • 74eulogistic — a.; (also eulogistical) Encomiastic, panegyrical, commendatory, laudatory …

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  • 75laudatory — a. 1. Commendatory, panegyrical, eulogistic, complimentary, encomiastic, adulatory, flattering. 2. Lavish or extravagant of praise …

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  • 76panegyric — I. n. 1. Eulogy, eulogium, encomium, tribute of praise. 2. Praise, laudation, commendation. II. a.; (also panegyrical) Encomiastic, encomiastical, eulogistic, eulogistical, commendatory, laudatory …

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  • 77laudatory — adjective a laudatory front page endorsement Syn: complimentary, praising, congratulatory, extolling, adulatory, commendatory, approbatory, flattering, celebratory, eulogizing, panegyrical; informal glowing; formal encomiastic Ant: disparaging …

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  • 78abusive — abusive, opprobrious, vituperative, contumelious, scurrilous apply chiefly to language or utterances and to persons as they employ such language: the words agree in meaning coarse, insulting, and contemptuous in character or utterance. Abusive… …

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  • 79complimentary — adj 1. commendatory, laudatory, celebratory, acclamatory, adulatory; eulogistic, encomiastic, panegyrical; flattering, cajoling, wheedling, ingratiating, timeserving, Sl. bootlicking, Inf. apple polishing, Sl. brown nosing, Obs. blandering, Obs …

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  • 80glowing — adj 1. incandescent, candescent, can dent, aglow, in a glow. 2.(all of coloring) rich, warm, vibrant; (all of complexion) ruddy, sanguine, flushed, florid, red faced; radiant, shining, beaming, rosy cheeked; hot, heated, fiery, burning, feverish …

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