belaudv.
/bɪˈlɔːd/ transitive. To load with praise.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > approval or sanction > commendation or praise > commend or praise [verb (transitive)] > supremely or excessively
crownc1175
overpraisea1387
overhighc1400
bedaub1581
superexalt1610
to speak a person fara1616
allaud1621
rave1621
stellify1628
beatifya1677
bepraise1774
to jump down a person's throat1809
rapturize1822
belauda1849
a1849 E. A. Poe Wks. (1864) III. 139 Was belauded by the universal American press.
1882 F. W. Farrar Early Days Christianity I. 14 Suicide..which many Stoics belauded.
Derivatives
beˈlauded adj.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > approval or sanction > commendation or praise > [adjective] > commended or praised > greatly or excessively
well-commendeda1500
overpraised1826
bepraised1843
belauded1857
1857 T. Hughes Tom Brown's School Days i. iii. 68 Much abused and much belauded institutions.
1866 Sat. Rev. 25 Aug. 236/2 The belauded administration of the Duke of Somerset.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online December 2018).
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