congratulating
congratulating adjective: congratulatory; that is giving congratulations. Also the present participle and gerund of congratulate.
Adjective
congratulating (comparative more congratulating, superlative most congratulating)
- Congratulatory; that is giving congratulations.
- Mrs. Buckle was delivered of twins. "A pair of Buckles!" "Boys or girls?" inquired a congratulating friend the answer may be supposed.1871, Jacob Larwood, The Book of Clerical Anecdotes, page 102
- His face grew sadder as the ceremony proceeded, and at last when the bride left the church, surrounded by a congratulating crowd, his eyes assumed the fixed look of a doomed man.1876 February, Lady Pollock, “Courtship in France”, in Temple Bar: A London Magazine for Town and Country Readers, page 184
- Gratifying; pleasing.
- Bells, as they are kind of musical instruments, spread (upon occasion) a congratulating joy in those towns, cities, and places, whre they are rung; so the gospel sound spreads a congratulating joy in the assemblies of Zion, the cities of our GOD;1810, John Allen, The Spiritual Magazine, page 291
- But although this extremely hot weather has been unfavourable in these few, yet, I believe, it may be more congratulating to the majority to know that, upon the whole, it has been serviceable to pulmonary and some other dreadful diseases; to some obstinate forms of cutaneous eruptions, comprehended...1825, “Medical Report”, in The Newcastle Magazine, volume 4, page 335, column 1
Noun
congratulating (plural congratulatings)
- The act by which someone is congratulated; congratulation.
- As, when speaking familiarly we say of a new-married couple, they are gone to pass the honey-moon together; seems, te pas, de hou-inne hije muê hun: q. e. it is quite right, the visiting and receiving troubles tires them; it is as it ought to be, for the congratulatings and ceremonial visits...1840, John Bellenden Ker, “Phrases and Sayings Which by Their Literal Form Do Not Bear Out the Meaning They Are Used in, and Terms Not Yet Satisfactorily Accounted For”, in A Supplement to the Two...
- It will be a mighty host, that company of the Redeemed! To say nothing of the babes who have died in infancy, untasted by them the cup of sin which the world administers to its votaries—not counting those cherubs numerous as the stars of the milky way, what crowds shall be there of those who had...1882, William H. Cooper, “The Company, Worship, and Bliss of Heaven”, in Problems of the Future State. A Series of Sermons, Delivered in Emmanuel Reformed Episcopal Church, Ottawa, Ontario. […], page...
Also used as
congratulating is also the present participle and gerund of congratulate.
congratulating meaning in Bengali and Telugu
congratulating in Bengali
- অভিনন্দন জানানো
congratulating in Telugu
- అభినందనలు తెలియజేయడం
Examples of congratulating in a sentence
- Storrs at the Lindell Hotel a congratulating circle, including many eminent members of the St.1888, Emery Alexander Storrs, Isaac E. Adams, Political Oratory of Emery A. Storrs: From Lincoln to Garfield, page 11:
- As far as I am aware of, no epidemic diseases exist, which is congratulating to this place.1889, Minnesota. State Board of Health, Biennial Report on Vital Statistics of the State of Minnesota, page 88:
- This is a very congratulating feature so far as this Budget is concerned.1993, India. Parliament. Lok Sabha, Lok Sabha Debates - Volume 21, Issues 31-32, page 347:
- We all like looking after you because you're easy to [look after], you're very—congratulating of staff, because I thank them and I use my manners.2013, Heidi Muenchberger, Elizabeth Kendall, John J. Wright, quoting Freda, Health and Healing after Traumatic Brain Injury, page 195:
Forms of congratulating
| Adjective | |
|---|---|
| comparative | more congratulating |
| superlative | most congratulating |
| Noun | |
| plural | congratulatings |
Origin of congratulating
By surface analysis, congratulate + -ing.
Questions about congratulating
- What does congratulating mean?
- Congratulating means congratulatory; that is giving congratulations.
- What is congratulating in Bengali?
- Congratulating in Bengali is অভিনন্দন জানানো. See Congratulating meaning in Bengali.
- How do you use congratulating in a sentence?
- Storrs at the Lindell Hotel a congratulating circle, including many eminent members of the St.
- What part of speech is congratulating?
- Congratulating can be an adjective or a noun.
Words near congratulating in the dictionary
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