praise
noun
the act of expressing approval or admiration; commendation; laudation.
half-praised
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a word derived from
praise.
Example Sentences
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Before I could watch “Alpha,” I caught Charlie Polinger’s “The Plague,” a solid body-horror movie about bullies at a preteen water-polo summer camp, which I half-praised by telling someone it was like Ducournau for kids.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 23, 2025
