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commending

ADJECTIVE

favorable

Synonyms

STRONGEST

agreeable benign encouraging positive supportive sympathetic

WEAK

acclamatory affirmative amicable approbative approbatory assenting benevolent benignant complimentary enthusiastic in favor of inclined kind kindly laudatory okay praiseful predisposed reassuring recommendatory understanding welcoming well-disposed well-intentioned

Antonyms

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disadvantageous disagreeable hateful

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bad derogatory detrimental harmful hindering hurtful hurting injurious unfavorable unfriendly unhelpful unpromising

ADJECTIVE

good

Synonyms

STRONGEST

acceptable advantageous appropriate beneficial convenient decent desirable favorable fruitful healthy helpful profitable proper respectable satisfying suitable

STRONG

approving brave common fit fitting meet right

WEAK

all right ample apt auspicious becoming benefic benignant commendatory conformable congruous favoring healthful hygienic needed opportune propitious salubrious salutary seemly serviceable tolerable toward unobjectionable wholesome

Antonyms

STRONGEST

bad detrimental disadvantageous poor unhelpful unsuitable unsuited

WEAK

inadequate

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"Commending the commitment of both delegations to engage constructively, the Prime Minister expressed the hope that these talks would serve as a stepping stone toward durable peace in the region," Sharif's office said.

From Barron's • Apr. 11, 2026

Commending Haley as such a leader, Dannenfelser said she “has decided something very important, and that is to lead, to go toward the issue, and not to run away.”

From Seattle Times • Apr. 25, 2023

Commending the public outcry about Kesha’s case, Dunham said the women speaking out for Kesha are proof that they are not scared of losing their work and reputations.

From The Guardian • Feb. 23, 2016

Commending the recent restoration of an airfield in the region, he said Russia needed to use every means to protect its national interests in the region.

From BBC • Dec. 11, 2013

Commending a Cover He took the book and looked through it.

From Recollections of a Varied Life by Eggleston, George Cary

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