praiseful

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adjective

praiseworthy

Scrabble 14

Meanings

adjectivepraiseful (comparative more praiseful, superlative most praiseful)

comparative more praiseful · superlative most praiseful

  1. full of praise for others
    1 more example

    Whether you embrace or reject on his behalf the label “science-fiction writer” will indicate whether you regard it as praiseful or damning, but no one reading Ballard could doubt the tidal gravity of his intellect or the stark visionary consistency of the motifs that earned him that rarest of literary awards, an adjective: Ballardian.

    2009 September 13, Jonathan Lethem, “Poet of Desolate Landscapes”, in New York Times

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectivefull of or giving praise

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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