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acclaimed

/əˈkleɪmd/

acclaimed adjective: greatly praised or lauded, revered, highly respected. Also the simple past and past participle of acclaim.

Adjective

acclaimed (comparative more acclaimed, superlative most acclaimed)

  1. Greatly praised or lauded, revered, highly respected.
    • Many critically acclaimed novels are not commercially successful.
    • She’s an acclaimed writer; her books are bestsellers before they are published.

Also used as

acclaimed is also the simple past and past participle of acclaim.

acclaimed meaning in Nepali

acclaimed in Nepali

प्रशंसित

Examples of acclaimed in a sentence

  • Although they sell well, licensed video games are seldom critically acclaimed.
  • The actress's role in the acclaimed drama finally put her on the map.
  • PBS Masterpiece's acclaimed crunchy gravel drama series Downton Abbey now has a final season premiere date.

All 19 example sentences with acclaimed

Forms of acclaimed

comparativemore acclaimed
superlativemost acclaimed

Words formed from acclaimed

Words that rhyme with acclaimed

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Questions about acclaimed

What does acclaimed mean?
Acclaimed means greatly praised or lauded, revered, highly respected.
What is acclaimed in Nepali?
Acclaimed in Nepali is प्रशंसित. See Acclaimed meaning in Nepali.
What part of speech is acclaimed?
Acclaimed is an adjective.
How do you pronounce acclaimed?
Acclaimed is pronounced /əˈkleɪmd/.

Words near acclaimed in the dictionary

  1. accited
  2. accites
  3. acciting
  4. acclaim
  5. acclaimable
  6. acclaimed
  7. acclaimer
  8. acclaimers
  9. acclaimeth
  10. acclaiming
  11. acclaims

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Adapted from Wiktionary: acclaimed (page history and authors); acclaimed (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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