feted

[ fey-tid, fet-id ]

/ ˈfeɪ tɪd, ˈfɛt ɪd /

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adjective

celebrated, lauded, or acclaimed: The album spawned a huge hit single, and has since become one of the most feted albums ever.

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

the simple past tense and past participle of fete.

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Also fêt·ed .

Origin of feted

fete + -ed² for the adjective senses; fete + -ed¹ for the verb sense

OTHER WORDS FROM feted

un·fet·ed, adjective

Words nearby feted

fetcher, fetching, fetch up, fete, fête champêtre, feted, fete day, fête galante, feterita, feti-, fetial

How to use feted in a sentence

On his return to Japan, Onoda was feted, and briefly tipped to run for the Diet, the Japanese bicameral parliament.
The Week in Death: The Last to Surrender|The Telegraph|January 19, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Unable to sell his Indian collection to Congress, Catlin went to Europe and was feted for a time for his exhibited work.
This Week’s Hot Reads: July 22, 2013|Cameron Martin|July 22, 2013|DAILY BEAST
But Harry, handsome ex-Marine and feted author, is greedy for more happiness than Maddy, a WASP goddess, gives him.
This Week’s Hot Reads: Feb. 4, 2013|Jimmy So, G. Clay Whittaker, Tunku Varadarajan|February 4, 2013|DAILY BEAST
The last time we had this many fresh-faced wonks geting feted for their deep thoughts was the New Deal.
The Technocratic Dilemma|Megan McArdle|February 4, 2013|DAILY BEAST

The late New York mayor was feted by Clinton, Bloomberg, and more political luminaries at an Upper East Side funeral today.
Ed Koch Goes Out in Style|Lloyd Grove|February 4, 2013|DAILY BEAST
The Prince Regent sought her acquaintance; the greatest nobles feted her in their princely palaces.
Beacon Lights of History, Volume VII|John Lord
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.
The Revolt of The Netherlands, Complete|Friedrich Schiller
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