lauds

VERB

acclaim, praise

Synonyms

STRONGEST

admire adore celebrate commend compliment eulogize extol honor revere

STRONG

approve bless boost flatter glorify hymn magnify reverence stroke venerate worship

WEAK

build up cry up hand it to panegyrize pat on the back sing the praises of

Antonyms

STRONGEST

abhor blame censure condemn criticize denounce despise detest hate

STRONG

castigate decrease disallow disapprove refuse

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lauds

February 2025: Buffett lauds Gates’s management abilities in his final letter to shareholders as Berkshire’s CEO.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 15, 2026

Eduardo Sanchez lauds the company’s economic impact and is hesitant to criticize the smelter.

From Salon ● May 10, 2026

A post on Morningstar’s website lauds the fund for its “time-tested approach and accomplished lead manager.”

From Barron's ● Oct. 16, 2025

Enfield also lauds the 6-foot-3 guard’s improvement as a decision maker and defender averaging three assists, 1.3 steals and 3.6 rebounds per game.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 7, 2024

He lauds the bravery, loyalty, and piety of the Spaniards in those islands, and their great services to the crown.

From The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898, Volume 30 of 55 Explorations by early navigators, descriptions of the islands and their peoples, their history and records of the catholic missions, as related in contemporaneous books and manuscripts, showing the political, economic, commercial and religious conditions of those islands from their earliest relations with European nations to the close of the nineteenth century, Volume XXX, 1640 by Antonio Alvarez de Abreu