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单词 belauds
释义

belaud

verb

be·​laud bi-ˈlȯd How to pronounce belaud (audio)
bē-
belauded; belauding; belauds

transitive verb

: to praise usually to excess

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You may recognize the word laud (meaning "to praise or extol") in belaud. In fact, belaud was formed by combining the prefix be- and the verb laud. Since be- can denote both "to a greater degree" and "excessively or ostentatiously," it perhaps should come as no surprise that while laud may imply praise to a deserved degree, belaud often has the connotations of unreasonable or undeserved praise. Incidentally, both laud and by extension belaud derive from the Latin verb laudare, which in turn traces back to laud-, meaning "praise." Other descendants of laud- in English include laudatory, laudable, and even laudation, meaning "an act of praising."

Synonyms

  • adulate
  • blarney
  • butter up
  • flatter
  • hero-worship
  • honey
  • massage
  • overpraise
  • puff
  • soft-soap
  • stroke
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Example Sentences

critically belauded in his heyday, that early 20th-century novelist is now largely forgotten

Word History

First Known Use

1820, in the meaning defined above

belauds

verb

present tense third-person singular of belaud
as in overpraises
to praise too much critically belauded in his heyday, that early 20th-century novelist is now largely forgotten

Synonyms & Similar Words

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  • overpraises
  • applauds
  • butters up
  • congratulates
  • adulates
  • praises
  • commends
  • blarneys
  • massages
  • strokes
  • honeys
  • blandishes
  • puffs
  • flatters
  • sucks (up to)
  • soft-soaps
  • compliments
  • hero-worships
  • coaxes
  • eulogizes
  • toadies
  • fawns
  • lauds
  • idolizes
  • kowtows
  • cajoles
  • wheedles
  • sweet-talks
  • woos
  • extolls
  • extols
  • felicitates
  • ingratiates
  • slavers
  • romances
  • worships
  • courts
  • endears
  • gushes
  • slobbers
  • drools

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • decries
  • puts down
  • belittles
  • depreciates
  • disparages
  • bad-mouths
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