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[ law-duh-buhl ] / ˈlɔ də bəl / SEE SYNONYMS FOR laudable ON THESAURUS.COM
adjectivedeserving praise; praiseworthy; commendable: Reorganizing the files was a laudable idea. Medicine/Medical Obsolete. healthy; wholesome; not noxious. Origin of laudableFirst recorded in 1375–1425; late Middle English word from Latin word laudābilis.See laud, -able OTHER WORDS FROM laudablelaud·a·bil·i·ty, laud·a·ble·ness, nounlaud·a·bly, adverbun·laud·a·ble, adjectiveun·laud·a·ble·ness, noun un·laud·a·bly, adverb WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH laudablelaudable , laudatoryWords nearby laudableLatvia, Latvian, lauan, laud, Lauda, laudable, laudanum, laudation, laudatory, Lauder, Lauderdale Lakes Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for laudableWith laudable promptness, the speechifying began, as promised, at 11. Black American Leadership Alliance D.C. Anti-Immigration Rally Wilts|Michelle Cottle|July 16, 2013|DAILY BEAST The garment is laudable: both innovative and socially conscious. ‘Anti-Rape’ Lingerie Creator Wants to Protect Women From Sexual Assault|Isabel Wilkinson|April 10, 2013|DAILY BEAST But the activists, for obvious and laudable reasons, want this option to be taken off the books in this case and for all time. Saudi Arabia’s Child-Rape Case: Female Activists Fight to Prevent Abuse|Christopher Dickey|February 8, 2013|DAILY BEAST And we endorse the principle that no goal is laudable if it increases even slightly the risk of violence against our children. Autism Had Nothing to Do With Adam Lanza’s Rampage|Richard E. Farley|December 30, 2012|DAILY BEAST
These are telling remarks, and they show how laudable exercises in empathy can end up hurting those they intend to help. Stop Moping! The Marathon Is Exactly What New York Needs Right Now|Jay Michaelson|November 3, 2012|DAILY BEAST Why should it be culpable to steal from a resident, and laudable to do the same thing with a stranger? Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 62, Number 385. November, 1847.|Various What heart is forever exempt from the goadings of compunction and the influx of laudable propensities? Wieland; or The Transformation|Charles Brockden Brown Mr. Clyde Fitch had, at least, laudable ambitions in the direction of psychology. Play-Making|William Archer On the slightest pretext practices, plans and rules are altered and for every trivial obstacle our laudable customs are abandoned. Light and Peace|Carlo Giuseppe Quadrupani There is a most amiable, laudable, and gallant spirit prevailing in these middle colonies. Familiar Letters of John Adams and His Wife Abigail Adams During the Revolution|John Adams
British Dictionary definitions for laudable
adjectivedeserving or worthy of praise; admirable; commendable Derived forms of laudablelaudableness or laudability, nounlaudably, adverbCollins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to laudablecommendable, praiseworthy, creditable, deserving, estimable, excellent, mean, meritorious, stellar, terrific, worthy, of note, thankworthy Medical definitions for laudableThe American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. |