extolled

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adjective
  1. highly praised; lauded or acclaimed: Her much extolled skill on the harmonica fuses with her partner’s evocative fiddle and banjo playing to create a distinctive world sound.

verb
  1. the simple past tense and past participle of extol.

Origin of extolled

1
First recorded in 1600–10, for an earlier sense; extol + -ed2 for the adjective; extol + -ed1 for the verb

Other words from extolled

  • self-ex·tolled, adjective
  • un·ex·tolled, adjective

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