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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The brothers eventually landed jobs as sextons at St. Peter’s, where the rector enrolled them in St. Thomas High School.

From Washington Times • Feb. 3, 2018

Bells In Buenos Aires, terrified sextons, devout churchgoers, and two policemen found Guido Francveschini in the belfry of the church of Nuestra Se�ora de Buenos Aires.

From Time Magazine Archive

A chubby little boy named Wood used to persuade the sextons of vast, dim London churches to let him climb up on the organ bench and poke his fingers into the triple-tiered keyboard.

From Time Magazine Archive

Baptist clergymen may go right on hiring Baptist sextons.

From Time Magazine Archive

“While I was in the graveyard, watching the sextons dig your grave, Hamlet appeared. Indeed, I was greatly surprised.”

From "Ophelia" by Lisa Klein