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DictionaryEnglish - Myanmar
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praise

/preɪz/

US pronunciation
American sound/preɪz/
praise
Syllables
1 syllable
Stress
One strong syllable
Vowel
Short i vowel
Ending
Final e often stays silent

US voice -> praise

Myanmar meaning

(n) ချီးမွမ်းခြင်း (v) ချီးမွမ်း

Full entry

praise /preÇz/ v

၁။ ~ sb/ sth (for sth); ~ sb/ sth as sth ချီးကျူးသည်။ ချီးမွမ်းသည်။ အမွှမ်းတင်သည်။ She praised his cooking. ❍ He praised her for all her hard work. ❍ Critics praised the work as highly original.
၂။ ဘုရားသခင် ၏ ဂုဏ်ပုဒ်ကို ဥဒါန်းကျူးသည်။ ဘုရားသခင်၏ ကျေးဇူးတော်ကို ချီးကျူးသည်။ praise the Lord.
n [U]
၁။ ချီးကျူးခြင်း။ ချီးမွမ်းခြင်း။ an achievement worthy of great praise ❍ It's important to give praise where it is due (ie praise people when they deserve it). ❍ His teachers are full of praise for his work. ❍ He received high praise for his scientific research. ❍ He spoke in praise of all the members of the rescue team.
၂။ ဘုရားသခင်ကို ကိုးကွယ်ရိုကျိုးခြင်း။ a hymn of praise ❍ Praise be (to God) (ie expressing relief or joy)!
❏ praiseworthy /-wɜ:ði/ adj ချီးကျူးထိုက်သော။ ချီးမွမ်း ထိုက်သော။ a very praiseworthy achievement/ effort/ performance. praiseworthiness n [U]

More examples
  • Mayor Dixon praised the efforts of those involved in the rescue.
  • [highly praise] : The painting of St Basil’s Cathedral was highly praised.
  • [praise someone for (doing) something] : He praised the staff for encouraging the artistic talents of the prisoners.
  • ‘Let us praise the Lord!’
Synonyms
admire, commend, extol, honor, eulogize, congratulate, pay tribute to, go into raptures over, applaud, acclaim, acclamation, accolade, admiration, adoration, adore, adulate, advocate, aggrandize, applause, appreciate, appreciation, approbation, approval, approve, big hand, bless, blessing, boost, bow down, bravo, build up, cajole, celebrate, celebration, cheer, cheering, citation, cite, clap, commendation, compliment, congratulate; adore, congratulations; adoration, cry, cry up, devotion, dignify, distinguish, elevate, encomium, endorse, ennoble, esteem, eulogy, exalt, exaltation, extolment, flatter, flattery, give thanks, glorification, glorify, glory, good word, hail, homage, hurrah, hymn, kudos, laud, laudation, magnify, make much of, obeisance, ovation, panegyric, panegyrize, pat on the back, pay homage, pay tribute, plaudit, proclaim, puff, rave, rave over, recognition, recommend, recommendation, regard, resound, reverence, root, sanction, sing the praises, smile on, stroke, sycophancy, thanks, tout, tribute, worship
Antonyms
accuse, belittle, blame, castigate, castigation, censure, conceal, condemn, condemnation, criticism, criticize, damn, debase, decrease, degrade, demote, denounce, denunciation, depress, disallow, disapproval, disapprove, discourage, disgrace, dishonor, disparage, disregard, disrespect, hide, humiliate, insult, lower, neglect, oppose, overlook, prevent, protest, refuse, reproach, shame, silence, veto, vilification, vilify
Cross references
admirecommendextolhonoreulogizecongratulatepay tribute togo into raptures overapplaudacclaimacclamationaccoladeadmirationadorationadoreadulateadvocateaggrandizeapplauseappreciateappreciationapprobationapprovalapprovebig handblessblessingboost
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