LAUD

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Present simple: I / you / we / they laud ... he / she / it lauds

Past simple: lauded

Past participle: lauded

-ing form: lauding

Meaning:

Praise, glorify, or honor

Example:

glorify one's spouse's cooking

Synonyms:

exalt; extol; glorify; laud; proclaim

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Hypernyms (to "laud" is one way to...):

praise (express approval of)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "laud"):

canonise; canonize (treat as a sacred person)

ensky (exalt to the skies; lift to the skies or to heaven with praise)

crack up (rhapsodize about)

hymn (praise by singing a hymn)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody

Sentence example:

Sam and Sue laud the movie

Derivation:

laudable (worthy of high praise)

laudatory (full of or giving praise)

lauder (someone who communicates high praise)