Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- v. To praise highly in speech or writing, especially in a formal eulogy.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- To pronounce a eulogy upon; praise highly or excessively; extol in speech or writing. Also spelled eulogise.
Wiktionary
- v. transitive To praise, celebrate or pay homage to (someone), especially in an eloquent formal eulogy.
GNU Webster's 1913
- v. To speak or write in commendation of (another); to extol in speech or writing; to praise.
WordNet 3.0
- v. praise formally and eloquently
Examples
“Did anyone NOT get a little teary watching 8 year old Bindi Irwin eulogize her daddy, the Crocodile Hunter?”
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“We should eulogize liberalism not for its death, but far worse, its silence.”
The Huffington Post: Byron Williams: Mourning the Silence of True Liberalism
“However, to eulogize the American/Iranian puppet (and his brother before him) as Iraqi “heroes” is a bit much.”
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“Mist in my eyes, I'd proceed to eulogize her as "such an odd duck, that one!”
“The prominent policymakers' belief that economic growth can solve everything has created a system so wasteful and inefficient that now it seems that the only hope we have is in those grassroots organizations that a decade ago we were laughing at but that today, in a very different world, we are starting to eulogize.”
The Huffington Post: Shelley A. Lewis: Reclaiming Our Sense of Self In A Globalized World
“In 1991, during his first show after his son, Rick, died in a car accident, Carson took a few moments to eulogize him.”
“I know the right wing will reach to any depths to criticize Obama, no matter how ridiculous and fictional, but if anyone here is an Obama supporter who is disappointed that Obama did not eulogize MJ – please, put down People magazine and pick up a newspaper once in a while.”
“O people, we have died, so prepare to listen how they eulogize us.”
“Sharpton, who plans to eulogize his friend at a memorial service Tuesday at New York's Apollo Theater, says the family is upset that so much of the news coverage of Jackson's death has focused on the negative — his trial and acquittal on child molestation charges and his possible abuse of prescription drugs — and wants to shift the focus.”
Judge grants Jackson's mother temporary guardianship of kids
“Back on land, Leo's wife and daughter prepare his funeral, and the local newspaper and Marine Institute eulogize him.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘eulogize’.
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The "ize" have it
accessorize, finalize, computerize, prioritize, anodize, belizean, bizerte, capsize, citizen, denize, dizen, diazotize and 98 more...
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big book gre
abase, abbess, abbey, abbot, abdicate, abdomen, abdominal, abduction, abed, aberration, abet, abeyance and 6691 more...
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my words
interminable, effete, convocation, philistines, malaise, foibles, deputation, anathematized, morass, stalwart, proselytize, abet and 405 more...
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December Words
antipathy, pugnacious, mendacity, genial, elate, eulogize, lethargic, seditious, attenuate, dulcet, cordial, serendipity and 4 more...
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SAT Words That Mean 'To Praise'
A list of positive SAT words that mean 'to praise.' Based on Gruber's SAT Word Master List. Categorizing words according to meaning can help you to memorize more effectively.
acclaim, applaud, commend, eulogize, exalt, extol, flatter, hail, laud, panegyrize, resound, tout
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Learn for SAT
laconic, pithy, bombastic, circumlocution, garrulous, loquacious, banal, hackneyed, platitude, vapid, ameliorate, congenial and 66 more...
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GRE vocabs
This is a list of words that are to be needed for GRE
Voracious, pugnacious, resilience, indiscriminate, eminent, steeped, replete, glutton, atheist, pantheist, reverence, mendacious and 46 more...
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han's list
Interesting words, mostly from The Economist and other newspapers.
sauerkraut, latke, hoi polloi, supplication, belie, sinecure, duplicity, eulogize, gentile, denouement, peaceable, nous and 29 more...
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