extol
/ɪkˈstəʊl/US/ɪkˈstoʊl/
extol verb: to praise; to make high.
Verb
extol (third-person singular simple present extols, present participle extolling, simple past and past participle extolled)
- To praise; to make high.
- Behold, my servant shall deal prudently, he shall be exalted and extolled, and be very high.1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Isaiah 52:13
- It not only congratulates the Pope, but panegyrizes his Holiness, extols the college of cardinals and the bishops of Italy, calls upon the ashes of the martyrs to rejoice, apostrophizes Peter and Paul, and pays many fine compliments to happy Britain, although dissentient from the Romish faith;—it...1814 October, “Proceedings of Irish Roman Catholics”, in William Haweis Cooper, editor, The Protestant Advocate, Irish Missionary Magazine and Christian Watchman, volume III, London: Houlston and...
extol meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Malayalam and Kannada
extol in Tamil
- பலபடப் பாராட்டு, மிகைப்படப் புகழ், மெச்சு
extol in Urdu
- to extol, eulogize, sing praises
- گن گانا gun gānā
extol in Malayalam
- sing the praise of, praise enthusiastically, go into raptures about
- അതിയായി സ്തുതിക്കുക, വാഴ്ത്തുക, കൊണ്ടാടുക, അതിസ്തുതി നടത്തുക, അമിതോത്സാഹത്തോടെ വർണ്ണിക്കുക, അനിയന്ത്രിതമായ ആവേശപ്രകടനം നടത്തുക
extol in Kannada
- ಅತಿಶಯವಾಗಿ ಹೊಗಳು, ಮೆಚ್ಚು, ಕೊಂಡಾಡು, ಸ್ತುತಿಸು, ಸ್ತೋತ್ರಮಾಡು, ಬಹುವಾಗಿ ಶ್ಲಾಘಿಸು
More languagesFewer languages
- extol in Sanskrit
- स्तौति stauti
Examples of extol in a sentence
- Extol thee—could I—then I will / By saying nothing new, / But just the tritest truth / That thou art heavenly.a. 1887 (date written), Emily Dickinson, “(please specify the chapter or poem)”, in M[abel] L[oomis] Todd and M[illicent] T[odd] Bingham...
- Maimonides, the 12th century scholar, rabbi and physician also extolled the health benefits of wine in moderation.2022 January 22, Jonathan Reiner, “If you think that glass of wine is good for you, it’s time to reconsider”, in CNN:
- In the meantime, I have an opportunity of extolling the virtues of his Liverpool & Manchester Railway Atlas, which appeared last year and has already had its second print-run.2022 February 23, Barry Doe, “Liverpool & Manchester Atlas is excellent value”, in RAIL, number 951, page 60:
- Instead, we retreat into our gender-segregated media spaces where the manosphere extols stoicism and the womanosphere celebrates emotional vulnerability.2024 April 17, David Sasaki, “The emotionally immature lives of men and women”, in The Time Capsule:
Synonyms of extol
15 more synonymsFewer synonyms
Forms of extol
| third-person singular present | extols |
|---|---|
| present participle | extolling |
| past participle | extolled |
| past | extolled |
Origin of extol
Borrowed from Latin extollō (“elevate, raise high”).
Words formed from extol
Words that rhyme with extol
47 more rhymesFewer rhymes
- parole
- toll
- dole
- goal
- patrol
- role
- swole
- bricole
- condole
- mole
- noel
- whole
- stroll
- bole
- knoll
- shoal
- carmagnole
- foal
- pistole
- prole
- Seoul
- stole
- thole
- Tyrol
- baklol
- cajole
- console
- decontrol
- dhole
- droll
- extrasystole
- gnoll
- hop pole
- indol
- kohl
- memorial pole
- micromole
- mol
- Nicole
- nole
- ole
- parasystole
- schizocoel
- schizocoele
- sowl
- square peg in a round hole
- vole
Questions about extol
- What does extol mean?
- Extol means to praise; to make high.
- What is extol in Tamil?
- Extol in Tamil is பலபடப் பாராட்டு, மிகைப்படப் புகழ், மெச்சு. See Extol meaning in Tamil.
- How do you use extol in a sentence?
- Extol thee—could I—then I will / By saying nothing new, / But just the tritest truth / That thou art heavenly.
- What part of speech is extol?
- Extol is a verb.
- How do you pronounce extol?
- Extol is pronounced /ɪkˈstəʊl/ (UK).
- What is the past tense of extol?
- The past tense of extol is extolled.
Words near extol in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: extol (page history and authors); extol (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); گن گانا (Urdu) (page history and authors); extol (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license); extol (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). 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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