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" There are four kinds of Homicide: felonious, excusable, justifiable, and praiseworthy."
Ambrose Bierce

Meaning of "praiseworthy" in the English dictionary

DICTIONARY

PRONUNCIATION OF PRAISEWORTHY

ˈpreɪzˌwɜːðɪ


GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PRAISEWORTHY

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Praiseworthy is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES PRAISEWORTHY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of praiseworthy in the English dictionary

The definition of praiseworthy in the dictionary is deserving of praise; commendable.



WORDS THAT RHYME WITH PRAISEWORTHY

airworthy · blameworthy · crashworthy · creditworthy · cringe-making · cringeworthy · Galsworthy · laughworthy · loveworthy · newsworthy · noteworthy · quoteworthy · roadworthy · seaworthy · shameworthy · trustworthy · unnewsworthy · unpraiseworthy · unroadworthy · untrustworthy

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE PRAISEWORTHY

prairie fowl · prairie grouse · prairie hen · prairie marmot · prairie oyster · Prairie Provinces · prairie schooner · prairie soil · Prairie State · prairie turnip · prairie wolf · prairie-dogging · praise · praiseach · praiseful · praiseless · praiser · praiseworthily · praiseworthiness · praisingly

WORDS THAT END LIKE PRAISEWORTHY

earthy · faithworthy · forthy · hateworthy · Horthy · McCarthy · nameworthy · riverworthy · sightworthy · swarthy · unseaworthy · unworthy · worthy

Synonyms and antonyms of praiseworthy in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «PRAISEWORTHY»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «praiseworthy» and belong to the same grammatical category.

Translation of «praiseworthy» into 25 languages

TRANSLATOR

TRANSLATION OF PRAISEWORTHY

Find out the translation of praiseworthy to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of praiseworthy from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «praiseworthy» in English.
zh

Translator English - Chinese

值得称道
1,325 millions of speakers
es

Translator English - Spanish

digno de alabanza
570 millions of speakers
en

English

praiseworthy
510 millions of speakers
hi

Translator English - Hindi

सराहनीय
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الثناء
280 millions of speakers
ru

Translator English - Russian

похвально
278 millions of speakers
pt

Translator English - Portuguese

louvável
270 millions of speakers
bn

Translator English - Bengali

প্রশংসনীয়
260 millions of speakers
fr

Translator English - French

digne d´éloges
220 millions of speakers
ms

Translator English - Malay

Terpuji
190 millions of speakers
de

Translator English - German

lobenswert
180 millions of speakers
ja

Translator English - Japanese

称賛に値する
130 millions of speakers
ko

Translator English - Korean

칭찬
85 millions of speakers
jv

Translator English - Javanese

Pinuji
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

đáng khen ngợi
80 millions of speakers
ta

Translator English - Tamil

போற்றுதலுக்குரிய
75 millions of speakers
mr

Translator English - Marathi

कौतुक
75 millions of speakers
tr

Translator English - Turkish

övülmeye değer
70 millions of speakers
it

Translator English - Italian

lodevole
65 millions of speakers
pl

Translator English - Polish

godny pochwały
50 millions of speakers
uk

Translator English - Ukrainian

похвально
40 millions of speakers
ro

Translator English - Romanian

lăudabil
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

αξιέπαινη
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

lofwaardige
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

beröm
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

verdig
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of praiseworthy

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «PRAISEWORTHY»

Principal search tendencies and common uses of praiseworthy
List of principal searches undertaken by users to access our English online dictionary and most widely used expressions with the word «praiseworthy».

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about praiseworthy

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4 QUOTES WITH «PRAISEWORTHY»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word praiseworthy.
1
Walter Benjamin
Of all the ways of acquiring books, writing them oneself is regarded as the most praiseworthy method. Writers are really people who write books not because they are poor, but because they are dissatisfied with the books which they could buy but do not like.
2
Ambrose Bierce
There are four kinds of Homicide: felonious, excusable, justifiable, and praiseworthy.
3
Joseph Conrad
Truth of a modest sort I can promise you, and also sincerity. That complete, praiseworthy sincerity which, while it delivers one into the hands of one's enemies, is as likely as not to embroil one with one's friends.
4
Philip Sidney
It is great happiness to be praised of them who are most praiseworthy.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PRAISEWORTHY»

Discover the use of praiseworthy in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to praiseworthy and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Praiseworthy Music and Spiritual Moments
A collection of personal stories and experiences of award-winning pianist David Glen Hatch.
David Glen Hatch, 2012
2
The Lukan Passion And the Praiseworthy Death
Most provocatively, Scaer contends that the third evangelist drew specific motifs from the Socrates story in order to show that the founder of the new Christian movement was a noble and just man, deserving of the utmost respect.
Peter J. Scaer, Stanley E. Porter, 2005
3
Sid Fleischman
He is accompanied by his aunts loyal and proper English butler, named Praiseworthy, who is determined to see that Jack comes to no harm. At the beginning of the book, Jack and Praiseworthy have stowed away on a ship bound for gold ...
Jeri Freedman, 2004
4
A Guide for Using By the Great Horn Spoon! in the Classroom
Jack and the elegant butler, Praiseworthy, are forced to stow away on the Lady Wilma when their passage money is stolen on the crowded docks of Boston Harbor. Once at sea, Jack and Praiseworthy meet Captain Swain, the “Wild Bull of the ...
Michael Levin, 1994
5
The Expectations of Morality
Instead, going beyond the call of expectation is frequently praiseworthy. To invest more time and effort than what we know to be strictly necessary in bringing about the successful fulfillment of an expectation can be praiseworthy.
Gregory Mellema, 2004
6
Alfarabi: Philosophy of Plato and Aristotle
Since some revelling and seduction are blamable and some praiseworthy, and since some praiseworthy things are believed by the 10 multitude to be praiseworthy although they may not be truly praiseworthy, while others are truly ...
Fārābī, Muhsin Mahdi, 2001
7
Dictionary of American Children's Fiction, 1960-1984: Recent ...
Earnest Jack Flagg, 1 1, and his Aunt Arabella's impeccable, unflappable butler, Praiseworthy, outfitted with his trademarks of top hat and umbrella, leave Boston in 1849 for the California gold fields stowed away on the sidewheeler Lady ...
Alethea Helbig, Agnes Perkins, 1986
8
Knowledge and Experience
This conclusion it seems to me is further borne out if we consider words which have uses rather similar to 'good' and which contain the relevant speech-act notions as morphological constituents. I am thinking of such words as ' praiseworthy ...
C. D. Rollins, 1963
9
Cicero: On Moral Ends
Here, firstly, is one that could hardly be more concise: "Everything good is praiseworthy; everything praiseworthy is moral; therefore everything good is moral." What a rusty sword! Who would admit your first premise? (In fact if that is admitted, ...
Marcus Tullius Cicero, Julia Annas, 2001
10
Saints: a visual almanac of the virtuous, pure, ...
A concise collection of the background and stories of Saints, readers furnishes retellings of more than 120 saints' lives, lists attributes and feast days, and is accompanied by beautiful graphic representations of sainthood. Original. IP.
Tom Morgan, 1994

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PRAISEWORTHY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term praiseworthy is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Clinton's New Email Fuss Is No Scandal
She should have stopped insisting, as she did on CNN earlier this month, that she was not only blameless but praiseworthy. "I went above and ... «RealClearPolitics, Jul 15»
2
With All-Star Weekend now complete, the Mystics gear up for the …
Even though most WNBA gurus and fans thought they were sound, if not praiseworthy moves, I was quite angry with the fact that Thibault ... «Bullets Forever, Jul 15»
3
Looking Through New Eyes
The invitation to the Pacific island countries is praiseworthy. However, traditional relationships in Africa and West Asia also have to be nurtured. «The Indian Express, Jul 15»
4
Put Lianné Greyling Behind Bars - Prosecutor
De Bruyn said it is praiseworthy that Greyling managed to quit drugs. "It is, however, sad that she did not achieve the same success with fraud," ... «AllAfrica.com, Jul 15»
5
All the Way Back = Works of SMETONA, BRAHMS, BRACH …
No less praiseworthy, Smetona's capacity to project intimacy (innigkeit) in Schumann, becomes a major attribute of his conception, which obeys ... «Audiophile Audition, Jul 15»
6
Gordy's Hi-Hat founders riding high
The Lundquists, it seems, do little that's not praiseworthy. Gordy was an acclaimed football player for Denfeld. He'll be attending his 70th class ... «Duluth News Tribune, Jul 15»
7
2015 collection of inductees "a unique class" sharing a lot of respect
Martinez was praiseworthy of his fellow inductees, calling Biggio "a headache," Smoltz a pitcher with stuff as good as him and Johnson ... «The Providence Journal, Jul 15»
8
All Hail, the Falstaff of Hudson County!
... a book; in any event, whatever he chooses, we must relish the fact – and this is what makes him most praiseworthy – that it will be his speech. «PolitickerNJ, Jul 15»
9
Tsarukyan Foundation Donates $500000 to Cilicia Catholicosate
... dreams of Armenians, as well as works toward the betterment of life for the citizens of Armenia, is a beloved and praiseworthy individual. «Armenian Weekly, Jul 15»
10
Why we're afraid of a woman who praises herself
Because if we were to verbally own our unconventional beauty, our vehement power and our praiseworthy triumphs — we would finally be ... «Starr 103.5 FM, Jul 15»
REFERENCE
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