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laudatory

[ law-duh-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee ]
/ ˈlɔ dəˌtɔr i, -ˌtoʊr i /
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adjective
containing or expressing praise: overwhelmed by the speaker's laudatory remarks.
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Sometimes laud·a·tive .

Origin of laudatory

1545–55; <Late Latin laudātōrius, equivalent to laudā(re) to laud + -tōrius-tory1

OTHER WORDS FROM laudatory

WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH laudatory

laudable, laudatory
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Words related to laudatory

acclamatory, adulatory, approbative, approving, commendatory, encomiastic, eulogistic, flattering, laudative, panegyrical, praiseful

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British Dictionary definitions for laudatory

laudatory

laudative

/ (ˈlɔːdətərɪ, -trɪ) /
adjective
expressing or containing praise; eulogistic
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