extols

VERB

sing the praises of

Synonyms

STRONGEST

acclaim applaud celebrate commend eulogize exalt glorify laud praise

STRONG

bless boost hymn magnify push rave root stroke

WEAK

brag about cry up give a boost to givea bouquet hand it to hats off to hear it for make much of panegyrize pay tribute to puff up

Antonyms

STRONGEST

blame castigate censure condemn criticize debase denounce disapprove humiliate

STRONG

decrease discourage

Example Sentences

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It extolls Iran’s Revolutionary Guard commander Qassem Soleimani, who was targeted and killed in a 2020 U.S. airstrike.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 26, 2023

Well, you'll no longer have to struggle with these issues when cooking, thanks to a TikTok video which extolls the virtues of basic physics in the kitchen.

From Fox News • Oct. 6, 2020

In “Christmas,” the poet extolls, and attempts to repel, his ex-wife’s words:

From The New Yorker • Dec. 9, 2019

A 15-year-old boy breaks down into sobs as his mother extolls the virtues of his dead father.

From MSNBC • Jul. 24, 2016

A Plague of his Nerves—yet this is He whom Sir Peter extolls as a Man of the most Benevolent way of thinking!—

From School for Scandal by Sheridan, Richard Brinsley