laud
[lawd]
- to praise; extol.
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- a song or hymn of praise.
- lauds, (used with a singular or plural verb) Ecclesiastical. a canonical hour, marked especially by psalms of praise, usually recited with matins.
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Origin of laud
1300–50; (v.) Middle English lauden < Latin laudāre to praise, derivative of laus (stem laud-) praise; (noun) Middle English laude, back formation from laudes (plural) < Late Latin, special use of plural of Latin laus praise
Synonyms
See more synonyms for laud on Thesaurus.com1. applaud, honor.
Antonyms
1. censure.
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Examples from the Web for lauded
Contemporary Examples
She was the third-wave feminism firebrand, famous and lauded.
Similarly, television shows that include gay characters are lauded for being so “brave” and for changing culture for the better.
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The Mayans are lauded for their achievements—their art & architecture, intricate calendar, and developed culture.
All portray themselves, and are lauded by Iran, as resistance fighters.
“Working mothers” have been variously vilified, and now lauded, for attempting to balance career and home lives.
Historical Examples
These facts rob the act which has been so lauded by historians of all heroism.
Aztec LandMaturin M. Ballou
You cannot tell how my heart beats when I hear you lauded when you are away.
The Memoires of Casanova, CompleteJacques Casanova de Seingalt
In it the cleverness of Miss Sally Blossom was lauded to the skies.
Mary Louise and Josie O'GormanEmma Speed Sampson
But he lauded the Canadians for the heroic spirit which they had manifested.
What are the lauded climates of Italy and Greece compared to such a record as this?
laud
- (tr) to praise or glorify
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- praise or glorification
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Word Origin
C14: vb from Latin laudāre; n from laudēs, pl of Latin laus praise
Laud
- William. 1573–1645, English prelate; archbishop of Canterbury (1633–45). His persecution of Puritans and his High Church policies in England and Scotland were a cause of the Civil War; he was impeached by the Long Parliament (1640) and executed
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Word Origin and History for lauded
laud
v.
late 14c., from Old French lauder "praise, extol," from Latin laudare "to praise, commend, honor, extol, eulogize," from laus (genitive laudis) "praise, fame glory." Probably cognate with Old English leoð "song, poem, hymn," from Proto-Germanic *leuthan (cf. Old Norse ljoð "strophe," German Lied "song," Gothic liuþon "to praise"), and from an echoic PIE root *leu-. Related: Lauded; lauding.
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