praise

From Middle English praisen, preisen, borrowed from Old French proisier, preisier (“to value, prize”), from Late Latin pretiō (“to value, prize”) from pretium (“price, worth, reward”). See prize. Displaced native Old English lof and hering (“praise”) as well as herian (“to praise”).

English

Etymology

Pronunciation

• enPR: prāz, IPA^(key): /pɹeɪz/

• Audio (GA)

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• Rhymes: -eɪz
• Homophones: prays, preys

Noun

praise (countable and uncountable, plural praises)

1. Commendation; favourable representation in words.

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:praise

   Antonym: blame

   The writer's latest novel received great praise in the media.

   You deserve praise for the hard work you've done recently.

   She gave them some faint praise for their assignments, despite not being totally convinced by the quality.

   dim praise

2. Worship.

   praise of God

Derived terms

Translations

Verb

praise (third-person singular simple present praises, present participle praising, simple past and past participle praised)

1. To give praise to; to commend, glorify, or worship.

   Be sure to praise Bobby for his excellent work at school this week.

   Some of the passengers were heard praising God as the stricken plane landed safely.

Conjugation

Antonyms

• blame

Derived terms

• overpraise
• underpraise
• unpraised

Translations

Further reading

• praise in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• praise in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911

Anagrams

• Arispe, Parise, Pearis, Persia, aspire, paires, paries, spirea

Irish

Adjective

praise

1. inflection of pras:
   1. feminine genitive singular
   2. comparative degree

Mutation

Scottish Gaelic

Noun

praise f

1. genitive singular of prais