- praise
- {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} nounADJECTIVE▪ considerable, effusive, extravagant, fulsome, glowing, great, high, lavish, special, unstinting, warm▪
The speech earned him lavish praise from the press.
▪ faint▪My comment sounds like damning with faint praise (= praise so little that you seem to be criticizing).
▪ widespread▪ universal▪ critical (= praise from the critics of art, music, etc.)▪The novels have won widespread critical praise.
▪ public▪His accomplishments won him wide public praise.
VERB + PRAISE▪ be full of, be fulsome in (esp. BrE), be gushing in (esp. BrE), be unstinting in, gush with (esp. AmE)▪The critics were full of praise for the movie.
▪The director is equally gushing in his praise of the actor.
▪He was unstinting in his praise of his teacher.
▪She gushed with praise for the winners.
▪ give sb, have, offer▪He has great praise for his co-stars.
▪ single sb out for▪The team's coach singled his goalkeeper out for praise.
▪ heap, lavish, shower (sb with)▪an article heaping praise on the government
▪ come in for, receive▪ attract, draw, earn, garner, get, win▪The play has attracted universal praise.
▪ deserve▪These artists deserve praise for the clarity of their visions.
PREPOSITION▪ beyond praise▪This book is beyond praise.
▪ in praise of▪He wrote many poems in praise of his wife.
▪ praise for▪They earned praise for their efforts.
▪ praise from▪The decision also won praise from local people.
▪ praise of▪her praise of his skill
▪ praise to▪much joyous singing and praise to God
PHRASES▪ a chorus of praise, a paean of praise (literary)▪The French manager led the chorus of praise for the German team.
▪ have nothing but praise for sb/sth▪The patients interviewed had nothing but praise for the hospital staff.
▪ sing sb's praises▪The newspapers were singing the president's praises.
▪ a word of praise▪{{Roman}}II.{{/Roman}}There were words of praise for the show's designer.
verbADVERB▪ effusively, highly, lavishly, warmly▪He praised all his staff highly.
▪ publicly▪ justly, rightly▪Her achievements in this field have been rightly praised.
▪ repeatedly▪She repeatedly praised him and his works.
VERB + PRAISE▪ be quick to▪The defeated captain was quick to praise the winning team.
PREPOSITION▪ for▪They praised him for his cooking.
PHRASES▪ be unanimously praised, be universally praised, be widely praised▪The album has been universally praised for its creativity.
▪ praise sb/sth to the skies▪Her manager praised her to the skies.
Praise is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑critic
Collocations dictionary. 2013.
