Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Abounding in praise; worthy of praise; laudable.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective obsolete Praiseworthy.
- adjective obsolete Praiseworthy.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective
praiseworthy - adjective full of
praise for others
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective full of or giving praise
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Examples
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I thought the quote was unusually praiseful for you.
Obama: Hillary's Tough Talk Towards Iran Is "Reflective Of George Bush" 2009
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In fact I his latest book, Bob Woodard has a page about it, basically more praiseful than I would be in terms of how effective they were against al Qaeda in Iraq.
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Looks like to me he made some comments that weren't overly praiseful.
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Sonically these forms are more similar: the gitano of the flamenkillo is close in tone to the praiseful wails of the qawwal.
Derek Beres: Qawwali Gospel: Where Muslims and Christians Worship As One 2009
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In fact, in his latest book Bob Woodward has a page about it, basically more praiseful than I would be in terms of how effective they were against al Qaeda in Iraq.
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And I realize the criticism was probably put in to balance out the quasi-praiseful interpretation of Obama's attempts to redefine what toughness means with respect to foreign policy.
Obama: Hillary's Tough Talk Towards Iran Is "Reflective Of George Bush" 2009
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I mean, in fact, in his latest book, Bob Woodward has a page about it, basically more praiseful than I would be in terms of how effective they were against Al Qaeda in Iraq.
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In it he's praiseful of Project Cameron, but throws in a substantial caveat – that the Tories aren't saying much on the economy.
Keeping shtum 2008
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In it he's praiseful of Project Cameron, but throws in a substantial caveat – that the Tories aren't saying much on the economy.
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At the same time, tuganbaev, a key figure in the Russian blogosphere, producer of several Internet projects and an ethnic Kazakh, is very praiseful towards Kazakhstani blogosphere [ru]:
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