feted

[ fey-tid, fet-id ]
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adjective
  1. celebrated, lauded, or acclaimed: The album spawned a huge hit single, and has since become one of the most feted albums ever.

  2. entertained or honored with a fete, or festive celebration: He could drink hard, but without his friend to lead him home the feted hero would have spent his night on a park bench.

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

Origin of feted

1
First recorded in 1820–30; fete + -ed2 for the adjective senses; fete + -ed1 for the verb sense
  • Also fêt·ed .

Other words from feted

  • un·fet·ed, adjective

Words Nearby feted

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How to use feted in a sentence

  • The Prince Regent sought her acquaintance; the greatest nobles feted her in their princely palaces.

  • In France as well as in England the name Sims is a household word, and if he chose he might be feted every day of the week.

    A Traveller in War-Time | Winston Churchill
  • Egmont in particular assumed the appearance of a light heart, entertaining the duke's sons, and being feted by them in return.

  • And we have been feted and wined and dined as only mortals may be, who have fallen among long-time and well-tried friends.

    In to the Yukon | William Seymour Edwards
  • The bright-faced girl, with her French name and English sympathies, was feted and welcomed everywhere.

    French and English | Evelyn Everett-Green