Meanings
comparative more laudatory · superlative most laudatory
- Of or pertaining to praise, or the expression of praise.
laudatory verses
1 more example
The comparison of these two passages will probably have suggested to you the fact of the immense superiority of the satirical over the laudatory powers of Dryden.
1853, Sir James Stephen, On Desultory and Systematic Reading
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectivefull of or giving praise
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Old Frenchlaudatoire
- Latinlaudatōrius
- Englishlaudatory
Borrowed from Latin laudatōrius: compare Old French laudatoire.
More words from Latin, Old French
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Dutch lovend, prijzend
- lovendof or pertaining to praise
- prijzendof or pertaining to praise
Finnish ylistys-, ylistävä
- ylistys-of or pertaining to praise
- ylistäväof or pertaining to praise
French élogieux, laudatif
- élogieuxof or pertaining to praise
- laudatifof or pertaining to praise
- laudateurof or pertaining to praise
German lobend
- lobendof or pertaining to praise
Greek επαινετικός, εγκωμιαστικός
- επαινετικός (epainetikós)of or pertaining to praise
- εγκωμιαστικός (egkomiastikós)of or pertaining to praise
Polish pochwalny
- pochwalnyof or pertaining to praise
Russian хвале́бный, похва́льный
- хвале́бный (xvalébnyj)of or pertaining to praise
- похва́льный (poxválʹnyj)of or pertaining to praise
Spanish laudatorio
- laudatorioof or pertaining to praise
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Cite this entry
laudatory. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/laudatory
“laudatory.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/laudatory. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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