laudable
- deserving praise; praiseworthy; commendable: Reorganizing the files was a laudable idea.
- Medicine/Medical Obsolete. healthy; wholesome; not noxious.
Origin of laudable
Related Words for laudable
commendable, praiseworthy, creditable, deserving, estimable, excellent, mean, meritorious, stellar, terrific, worthy, thankworthyExamples from the Web for laudable
Contemporary Examples of laudable
With laudable promptness, the speechifying began, as promised, at 11.
The garment is laudable: both innovative and socially conscious.
‘Anti-Rape’ Lingerie Creator Wants to Protect Women From Sexual AssaultIsabel Wilkinson
April 10, 2013
But the activists, for obvious and laudable reasons, want this option to be taken off the books in this case and for all time.
Saudi Arabia’s Child-Rape Case: Female Activists Fight to Prevent AbuseChristopher Dickey
February 8, 2013
And we endorse the principle that no goal is laudable if it increases even slightly the risk of violence against our children.
These are telling remarks, and they show how laudable exercises in empathy can end up hurting those they intend to help.
Historical Examples of laudable
In short, I made an appeal to that laudable pride in your sister.'
Little DorritCharles Dickens
You are indeed in your noviciate, as to every laudable attainment.
Clarissa, Volume 3 (of 9)Samuel Richardson
It is true, there were some laudable exceptions to this rule.
The Railroad QuestionWilliam Larrabee
The effort is not only laudable, but will, I have no doubt, be productive of the most beneficial results.
So, all on fire with this laudable ambition, he set to work at once.
An Old MeerschaumDavid Christie Murray
laudable
- deserving or worthy of praise; admirable; commendable
Word Origin and History for laudable
early 15c., from Old French laudable and directly from Latin laudabilis "praiseworthy," from laudare (see laud). Related: Laudably.
laudable
(lô′də-bəl)- Healthy; favorable.