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encomiastic
adjective as in complimentary
Strongest matches
adjective as in laudatory
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Both are encomiastic, and describe the character and work of the deceased with considerable fulness and beauty of expression.
Mathias was fascinated with it, and printed it privately with an encomiastic criticism.
It may be remarked, that in this elegy, and in most of his encomiastic poems, he has forgotten or neglected to name his heroes.
Her personal charms fully merited the encomiastic strains of the following epistle.
In rhetoric, they say the first part was demonstrative or encomiastic, the second deliberative, the third judicial.
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On this page you'll find 53 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to encomiastic, such as: appreciative, congratulatory, polite, respectful, adulatory, and approbative.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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