praise
UK/pɹeɪz/
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British/pɹɛjz/
praise noun: commendation; favourable representation in words.
Noun
praise (countable and uncountable, plural praises)
- Commendation; favourable representation in words.
- The writer's latest novel received great praise in the media.
- You deserve praise for the hard work you've done recently.
- Antonyms:
- blame
- Worship, glorification, adoration.
- praise of God
- Let every thing that hath breath praise the Lord.1611, “Psalm 150:6”, in King James Bible
- Synonyms:
- worship
Verb
praise (third-person singular simple present praises, present participle praising, simple past and past participle praised)
praise meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
praise in Hindi
- commendation; favorable representation in words
- सराहना sarāhnā, प्रशंसा praśansā, तारीफ़ tārīf, स्तुति stuti, बड़ाई baṛāī
- worship
- स्तुति stuti
- to give praise to
- सराहना करना sarāhnā karnā, तारीफ़ करना tārīf karnā, प्रशंसा करना praśansā karnā
praise in Tamil
- commendation; favorable representation in words
- புகழ்ச்சி pukaḻcci
- worship
- போற்றி pōṟṟi, புகழ்ச்சி pukaḻcci
- to give praise to
- போற்று pōṟṟu, புகழ் pukaḻ
praise in Marathi
- praise, appreciation, commendation
- प्रशंसा praśausā
- to praise
- नावाजणे nāvājṇe
- to praise; eulogize
- वाखाणणे vākhāṇṇe
- praise
- स्तुती stutī
praise in Urdu
- commendation; favorable representation in words
- تعریف tārīf
- to give praise to
- تعریف کرنا tārīf karnā
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- praise in Bengali
- তারিফ tariph, প্রশংসা prośoṅśa
- praise in Telugu
- పొగడ్త pogaḍta, భజన bhajana, పొగడు pogaḍu, భజించు bhajiñcu
- praise in Malayalam
- പ്രശംസ praśaṁsa, പ്രശംസിക്കുക praśaṁsikkuka, വാഴ്തുക vāḻtuka, പുകഴ്തുക pukaḻtuka
- praise in Kannada
- ಮೆಚ್ಚು meccu, ಅಂಕಿಸು aṅkisu
- praise in Punjabi
- ਵਡਿਆਉਣਾ vaḍiāuṇā
- praise in Gujarati
- વખાણવું vakhāṇvũ, વખાણ vakhāṇ
- praise in Odia
- ପ୍ରଶଂସା କରନ୍ତୁ, ପ୍ରଶଂସା, ପ୍ରଶଂସା କରିବା
- praise in Sanskrit
- शँसति śam̐sati, स्तौति stauti, प्रशम्सा praśamsā, ईडयति īḍayati
- praise in Assamese
- গুণ gun, প্ৰসংশা proxoṅxa, গুণ গা gun ga, বখান bokhan
- praise in Nepali
- प्रशंसा, प्रशंसा गर्नुहोस्
- praise in Pashto
- مدح madh, ستايل, ذکر zikr
- praise in Tagalog
- papuri
- praise in Arabic
- مِدْحَة midḥa, إِثْنَاء ʔiṯnāʔ, إِطْرَاء ʔiṭrāʔ, مَحْمَدَة maḥmada
- praise in Malay
- memuji
- praise in Indonesian
- pujian
- praise in Persian
- ستایش setâyeš, ثنا sanâ, آفرین âfarin, ستودن setudan
- praise in Thai
- ยกย่อง yók-yɔ̂ng, สรรเสริญ sǎn-sə̌ən
- praise in Vietnamese
- khen ngợi
Examples of praise in a sentence
- The essay was praised for its abstractive qualities, showing insight rather than repetition.
- I was handsomely praised for my part in stopping the robber.
- She was praised for her erudite contributions to the academic journal.
Synonyms of praise
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Antonyms
Forms of praise
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | praises |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | praises |
| present participle | praising |
| past participle | praised |
| past | praised |
| second-person singular present (archaic) | praisest |
| second-person singular past (archaic) | praisedst |
| third-person singular present (archaic) | praiseth |
Origin of praise
From Middle English praise, preyse, from the verb (see below). Doublet of prize. Displaced native Middle English lof from Old English lof (“praise”) and Middle English loenge, loange from Old French löenge, löange (“praise”).
From Middle English praisen, preisen, from Old French proisier, preisier (“to value, prize”), from Late Latin pretiō (“to value, prize”) from pretium (“price, worth, reward”). Displaced native Middle English herien from Old English herian (“to praise”).
Words formed from praise
- bepraise
- damn with faint praise
- praise be
- praise be to God
- praiseful
- praiseless
- praisemen
- praise name
- praisesomet
- praise song
- praiseworthy
- self-praise
- sing the praises
- mispraise
- outpraise
- overpraise
- praisable
- praiser
- praise the Lord
- praise to the skies
- praise with faint damns
- superpraise
- underpraise
- unpraised
Phrases with praise
Words that rhyme with praise
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- amaze
- appraise
- craze
- fraise
- gaze
- phrase
- mayonnaise
- ablaze
- braise
- chaise
- lase
- liaise
- malaise
- maze
- peise
- baize
- bayes
- bolognese
- braize
- braze
- days
- daze
- emprise
- laze
- overglaze
- reyse
- ukase
- upraise
- abbes
- abrase
- acraze
- affrays
- arrays
- assays
- bays
- bayze
- blays
- bordelaise
- borrowing days
- brays
- cays
- chays
- clays
- conveys
- crays
- crème anglaise
- decays
- delays
Questions about praise
- What does praise mean?
- Praise means commendation; favourable representation in words.
- What is praise in Hindi?
- Praise in Hindi is सराहना (sarāhnā), प्रशंसा (praśansā), तारीफ़ (tārīf). See Praise meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is praise?
- Praise can be a noun or a verb.
- How do you pronounce praise?
- Praise is pronounced /pɹeɪz/ (UK).
- What is the plural of praise?
- The plural of praise is praises.
Words near praise in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: praise (page history and authors); नावाजणे (Marathi) (page history and authors); ಅಂಕಿಸು (Kannada) (page history and authors); વખાણ (Gujarati) (page history and authors); praise (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); praise (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); ذکر (Pashto) (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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