The king was tired of his sycophants always praising him, so he sent them away.
Source: tatoeba (1948)
Praising
/ˈpɹeɪzɪŋ/
Synonyms for "praising" (39 found)
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Closest matches (8)
Noun(5 words)
Adjective(2 words)
celebratorycheering shout
Strong matches (12)
Related words (19)
Related word relations
OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.
More general
10 entriesassessmentdiscourseevaluationgrammarlinguisticspositive evaluationpraisereligious expressionrhetoricverbal expression
More specific
16 entriesapplaudingeulogyextollinggerundhymn of praisehymninglaudlaudationlaudingliturgical chantnominalizationpanegyricpraising languagepraising remarkspraising tonepsalm of praise
Collocations
14 entriespraising Godpraising achievementspraising colleaguespraising conductpraising languagepraising loudlypraising performancepraising publiclypraising remarkspraising resultspraising rhetoricpraising statementspraising the Lordpraising tone
Inflections
5 entriesDerivations
5 entriessimilar
1 entriesSample sentences
11 total sentences available.
Praising children is an important thing.
Source: tatoeba (246019)
2ch, where there are many posts praising specific companies, or, conversely, denigrating their rivals.
Source: tatoeba (329436)
Some old men, by continually praising the time of their youth, would almost persuade us that there were no fools in those days; but unluckily they are left themselves for examples.
Source: tatoeba (411995)
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