acclaiming

ac·claim·ing
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US, UK/əˈkleɪmɪŋ/

adjective

That acclaims; applauding, welcoming enthusiastically.

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Meanings

adjectiveacclaiming (comparative more acclaiming, superlative most acclaiming)

comparative more acclaiming · superlative most acclaiming

  1. That acclaims; applauding, welcoming enthusiastically.

    Attended by a glad acclaiming Train, / Of thoſe he reſcu'd had from gaping Hell, / Then turn'd the Knight; […]

    1748, James Thomson, “Canto II”, in The Castle of Indolence: […], London: […] A[ndrew] Millar, […], →OCLC, stanza LXXVI, page 79
verb
  1. gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of acclaim

Origin

From acclaim + -ing.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with acclaiming

gamingframingclaimingnamingaimingflamingblamingtamingshamingdaming
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Cite this entry
APA

acclaiming. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/acclaiming

MLA

“acclaiming.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/acclaiming. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “acclaiming,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/acclaiming.

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