laudatory

Sometimes laud·a·tive

[law-duh-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee]

adjective

1. containing or expressing praise.

   overwhelmed by the speaker's laudatory remarks.

   Synonyms: commendatory, complimentary, adulatory

laudatory

/ -trɪ, ˈlɔːdətərɪ /

adjective

1. expressing or containing praise; eulogistic

Other Word Forms

• laudatorily adverb
• overlaudatory adjective
• self-laudatory adjective
• unlaudative adjective
• unlaudatory adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of laudatory¹

1545–55; < Late Latin laudātōrius, equivalent to laudā ( re ) to laud + -tōrius -tory ¹

Example Sentences

So even if CBS’s top trio is telling the truth about cancelling “The Late Show,” no amount of laudatory perfume can cover this stink.

From Salon

Veytia, a portly figure with a bushy mustache, seemed an unlikely Eliot Ness, but he was credited with reducing violence and hailed as “the terror of every criminal” in a laudatory corrido, or ballad.

From Los Angeles Times

Don’t misunderstand my tone as laudatory: In 17-plus years as prime minister across four decades, Netanyahu has continually outdone himself in viciousness, criminal depravity and shamelessly immoral or amoral statecraft.

From Salon

This was enough to trigger a cascade of laudatory coverage of Kennedy for meeting the bare minimum of common sense.

From Salon

With the leadership mantle passing from the former president to his understudy, Mondale offered a laudatory summation of the Carter administration.

From Los Angeles Times