applausiveadj.
/əˈplɔːsɪv/ Characterized by applause.† 3. Worthy of applause: agreeable, acceptable.
1. Loudly expressive of approbation.
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the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > approval or sanction > commendation or praise > applause > [adjective]
plausible1542
plausive1595
applausive1609
applauseful1630
acclamatory1657
plauditory1658
ovationary1852
1609 T. Heywood Troia Britanica xiv. xl In the campe with much applausive ioy, Grim Pyrrhus is received.
1823 W. Scott Quentin Durward I. iv. 75 Laughter, more scornful than applausive.
1842 Ld. Tennyson Vision of Sin in Poems (new ed.) II. 220 Greet her with applausive breath.
2. Expressive of approval; approbative.
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the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > approval or sanction > [adjective]
goodeOE
agreeable1448
approbatory1548
better1566
favouring1586
approbative1611
applausive1628
pro1650
pleasing1652
favourable1655
approving1702
enthusiastic1777
all for1864
1628 J. Earle Micro-cosmogr. xli. sig. G11v He can listen to a foolish discourse with an applausiue attention.
1655 T. Stanley Hist. Philos. I. iii. 22 If he sneezed himselfe before the enterprise, it was applausive.
1866 J. B. Rose tr. Virgil Eclogues & Georgics 103 Then let them [horses] learn their master's voice to know, And arch the neck to his applausive blow.
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the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > approval or sanction > quality of being approvable or acceptable > [adjective]
acceptablea1382
acceptedc1384
admittable?1406
approvablec1449
eligiblea1500
plausible1541
admissable1587
avowable1602
applausive1605
admissible1611
vendible1642
plaudablea1650
unexceptionable1664
favourable1666
unobnoxious1678
unexceptioned1704
right1748
unregrettable1748
undisgusting1755
unexceptional1775
all right1868
unarraignable1886
the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > approval or sanction > commendation or praise > praiseworthiness > [adjective]
loflyOE
herewortha1225
praisablec1350
provablea1382
heryful1382
praisefulc1384
commendablec1386
lowablea1400
allowablec1400
meritable?1400
laudablec1420
thankworthy1421
lovablec1422
thankworth?1426
thanklewe1430
recommendable1477
meritoriousa1513
praiseworthya1538
apprisablec1540
plausible1561
praiseworth1591
applausive1605
allaudable1727
1605 G. Chapman Al Fooles ii That same vayne of rayling became Now most applausive; your best poet is He that rails grossest.
1607 T. Heywood Woman Kilde with Kindnesse sig. E3v The pleasing tast of these applausiue newes.
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