praise
noun
the act of expressing approval or admiration; commendation; laudation.
praiser
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a word derived from
praise.
Example Sentences
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The passive-aggressive metabolism praiser: “You’re so lucky you can eat ALL that.”
From Time ● Jul. 11, 2015
He was a grand cutter of clutter and reiteration, praiser of the lapidary phrase.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 14, 2014
A praiser of times past, he dislikes Sigmund Freud, Aldous Huxley, D. H. Lawrence, Stravinsky music, surrealist painting, modern advertising.
From Time Magazine Archive
No praiser of times past, McConaughy thinks U. S. reverence for the Founding Fathers much out of place, dubs them the "Funding Fathers."
From Time Magazine Archive
Yet he was no mere lover and praiser of old times.
From George Borrow The Man and His Books by Edward Thomas
