Reverse Dictionary: PRAISE

ADJECTIVES
1400 ► praiseworthy, admirable, commendable, desirable; also, permissible → LOWABLE → obs.
1592 ► of the nature of a eulogy; publicly or elaborately expressing praise or commendation; eulogistic, laudatory → PANEGYRICAL 
1609 ► expressive of praise; laudatory → LAUDATIVE 
1630 ► not extolled or praised → UNCRIED UP 
1631 ► of the nature of a eulogy; publicly or elaborately expressing praise or commendation; eulogistic, laudatory → PANEGYRIC 
1642 ► well spoken of; much praised; extolled → CRIED-UP
1655 ► pert. to or of the nature of a doxology; praising, glorifying → DOXOLOGICAL
1664 ► full of adulation; servilely or fulsomely flattering or praising → ADULATORIOUS → obs.
1731 ► praiseworthy, commendable → ALLAUDABLE → obs.
1837 ► not praising → UNAPPLAUSIVE 
1843 ► giving praise to; laudatory; eulogistic → EPENETIC → obs.
1845 ► not characterized by praising → ILLAUDATORY 
1845 ► applauding, commending, laudatory, praising, extolling → PLAUDITORY 
1966 ► praiseworthy; deserving approval → GASSY → US students’ sl. (Bk.)
1966 ► worthy, noble; praiseworthy, commendable → PRICE → obs.
1980 ► a general adj. of high praise, the most sophisticated, the smartest, the most attractive → FONKY-FRESH → African-American sl.

INTERJECTIONS & PHRASES
M20 ► congratulatory praise for an action well  performed → J.C. AND HIS TEN GREY DONKEYS COULDN’T HAVE DONE BETTER → army jocular usage
1980 ► an expression of praise or encouragement → RAM IT! → Black British sl.
1992 ► used for expressing approval or praise→ AND YOU KNOW THAT! → US sl.

NOUNS
1000 ► praise, acclaim, glorification → LOVING → obs.
1225 ► an expression of commendation, esteem, or honour; praise → PRICE → obs.
1300 ► commendation, praise, flattery → ROOSE → obs. exc. Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
1489 ► praise, honour → LOVAGE → obs.
1600 ► a formal expression of praise → PANEGYRY → obs.
1604 ► the act of extolling or praising; eulogy → EXTOLMENT → obs.
1613 ► elaborate praise; eulogy; laudation → PANEGYRIC 
1661 ► the act of extolling; laudation, praise → EXTOLLATION → obs.
1715 ► the quality of being a fit subject for praise; praiseworthiness → LAUDABILITY 
1732 ► a specimen of extravagant praise. esp. for commercial or political purposes; an exaggerated commendation of a book, an actor’s performance, etc. → PUFF → Amer. sl.
1732 ► a specimen of extravagant praise. esp. for commercial or political purposes → PUFF JOB → Amer. sl.
1775 ► undue or exaggerated praise; publicity, acclaim, etc. that is full of undue or exaggerated praise → PUFFERY 
1840 ► praise → GENUINE → Winchester College usage
M19  ► a statement of praise → BOOST → sl.
1856 ► praise, esp. when spoken for an ulterior and/or criminal purpose → JOLLY 
1864 ► universal or indiscriminate praise → PANEULOGISM 
1864 ► praise, flattery, cajolery → SALVE 
1881 ► praise that is subtle dispraise; reluctant and dubious praise → LEFT-HANDED COMPLIMENT → Amer. colloq.
1884 ► approval, praise → APPROOF → Eng. dial.
1890 ► the act of extolling with praise → LAUDIFICATION 
1894 ► a composition of a panegyrical character; a formal expression of praise → PANEGYRISM 
L19  ► overstated and unwarranted praise or promotion; nonsense → BALLY HOOEY → sl.
L19  ► overstated and unwarranted praise or promotion; nonsense → BALLYHOO → sl.
1910 ► praise, flattery → MADAM → UK criminals’ sl.
1939 ► congratulations, a commendation, praise; a compliment → RAP → WRAP → Aust. sl.
1939 ► praise; a compliment or commendation → RAP-UP → WRAP-UP → Aust. sl.
1950 ► a newspaper article, book, film, etc. whose purpose is to praise or flatter → PUFF PIECE → colloq.
1970 ► praise, esp. from a boss → ATTABOY → US sl.
1995 ► praise; recognition → SNAPS → US sl.

NOUNS, PERSON
1225 ► a person who praises someone or something; a eulogist → LOVER → obs.
1471 ► a person who jubilates, one who sings in praise or exultation → JUBILIST → obs.
1553 ► a boastful assertor, extoller, commender, or praiser of something → VAUNTER → arch.
1600 ► one who writes or utters a panegyric; one who elaborately praises → PANEGYRIC → obs.
1605 ► one who writes or utters a panegyric; one who elaborately praises → PANEGYRIST 
1614 ► a eulogist, one who commends or praises, a well-wisher → BENEDICTOR → obs.
1823 ► one who utters or composes formal expressions of praise → PANEGYRIZER 
1825 ► one who praises; a eulogist → LAUDATOR 
1884 ► one who loads with praise → BELAUDER 
1892 ► a flatterer, one given to praising → FLOOSTER → Ireland

VERBS
735 ► to praise, glorify, exalt, honour, worship → HERY → obs.
1300 ► to praise, extol, commend, flatter → ROOSE → obs. exc. Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
1400 ► to extol, glorify or praise oneself → VAUNT → obs.
1422 ► to flatter; to compliment unduly; to praise fulsomely → LOSENGE → obs.
1470 ► to extol with praises → LAUDIFY → obs.
1500 ► to praise unduly or with exaggeration → PUFF 
1565 ► to be loud in laudation → SING ONE’S PRAISES 
1581 ► to load with rhetorical devices, with praise, etc.; to belaud to excess → BEDAUB 
1609 ► to extol or praise extravagantly → HYPERBOLIZE → obs.
1611 ► to go to great lengths in his praise → SPEAK A PERSON FAR → obs.
1617 ► to pronounce or write an elaborate eulogy upon; to speak or write in praise of; to eulogize → PANEGYRIZE 
1627 ► to proclaim a thing to be excellent; to endeavour to exalt in public estimation by proclamation or by loud praise; to extol → CRY UP 
1644 ► to asperse with abuse, flame, flattery, praise, etc., to hold in contempt → BESPATTER 
1670 ► to commend or praise to another; to vaunt → VALUE → obs.
1700 ► to flatter or praise a person, esp. as a means of gaining favour or advantage → BUTTER → BUTTER UP
1708 ► to utter or write a panegyric; to praise in an elaborate oration or eulogium → PANEGYRIC → obs.
1775 ► to praise immoderately → TINKLE ON → Sc.
1787 ► to pronounce or write an elaborate eulogy upon; to speak or write in praise of; to eulogize → PANEGYRICIZE 
1799 ► to praise, to laud, to glorify → KUDOS 
E19  ► to praise → GIVE THE BOOST → sl.
1828 ► to trumpet the praises of, to commend or praise loudly → BETRUMPET 
1840 ► to praise highly → CRACK UP → colloq.
1840 ► to praise → FRATCH → Eng. dial.
1840 ► to praise → GENUINE → Winchester College usage
1843 ► to puff or blow out; to swell; hence, to flatter, to praise greatly → BEPUFF 
1843► to talk grandiloquently, to declaim; to mouth the praises of a person → BEMOUTH 
M19  ► to compliment, to praise → TAKE ONE’S HAT OFF TO → sl.
1860 ► to praise, to compliment, to extol → BRAG ON → Amer. dial.
1860 ► to flatter; to praise insincerely or ironically → FILLIBRUSH → colloq.
1873 ► to praise, to laud, to glorify → KUDIZE 
1878 ► to proclaim or praise boastfully → BLOW 
1885 ► to praise or commend lavishly → BRAG UP → Amer. dial.
1904 ► to boast; to praise → SCROG → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1905 ► to praise unduly → MISSPEAK → Sc. obs. (Bk.)
1911 ► to praise; to blazon → BEET → Sc. (Bk.)
1916 ► to praise unduly; to flatter → BLOW UP → Amer. dial.
M20  ► to praise or compliment a person → STROKE → US colloq.
1950 ► to praise, esp. to praise to excess → RAP → Aust. sl.
1950 ► to praise, to flatter → WRAP UP → RAP UP → Aust. sl.
1953 ► to praise → BOO UP → Amer. dial.
1987 ► to boast; to praise → BIG-NOTE → Aust. sl.