

Praise is always understood as genuine and sincere, unless the contrary is expressly stated compliment is a light form of praise that may or may not be sincere flattery is insincere and ordinarily fulsome praise.Īcclaim, acclamation, adulation, approbation, approval, cheering, cheers, compliment, encomium, eulogy, flattery, laudation, panegyric, plaudit, praise, sycophancyĪbuse, animadversion, blame, censure, condemnation, contempt, denunciation, disapprobation, disapproval, disparagement, hissing, ignominy, obloquy, reproach, reproof, repudiation, scorn, slander, vilification, vituperation The industry and intelligence of a clerk win his employer's approbation his decision in a special instance receives his approval. Approval always supposes a testing or careful examination, and frequently implies official sanction approbation may be upon a general view. Acceptance refers to an object or action approbation may refer to character or natural traits. " Approbation speaks of the thing or action. Approbation is a milder and more qualified word than praise while praise is always uttered, approbation may be silent. Applause is also used in the general sense of praise. Plaudit is a shout of applause, and is commonly used in the plural as, the plaudits of a throng. Acclaim is the more poetic term for acclamation, commonly understood in a loftier sense as, a nation's acclaim. Thus one is chosen moderator by acclamation when he receives a unanimous viva voce vote we could not say he was nominated by applause. Applause is expressed in any way, by stamping of feet, clapping of hands, waving of handkerchiefs, etc., as well as by the voice acclamation is the spontaneous and hearty approval of many at once, and strictly by the voice alone. There was loud applause as the young man was led up to receive his prize.Praise is the hearty approval of an individual, or of a number or multitude considered individually, and is expressed by spoken or written words applause, the spontaneous outburst of many at once.Val Graham's team secured the prize to thunderous applause after a playoff.Behind the stern blue drapes of the Tory Conference you could feel the pocked walls mouldering to the loud applause.He will be the one playing to the packed houses, the one gaining the loudest applause on the hustings.As he rose, he waved his hand to the stunned crowd, which broke into loud applause.The cries of protest are lost in thunderous applause, and then a hush descends.There would be loud applause for the suggestion from Labour Back Benchers, but he has my sympathy.The audience of 2,500 responded to his declaration with sustained and thunderous applause.The conductor waited for the applause to die down before signalling for the orchestra to begin.The sustained applause that followed suggested they may get their wish.This was not a collection that sparked shouts, cheers or even an occasional burst of polite applause.The candidate's promise to improve public schools was greeted with a loud round of applause.His abusive father routine earned him a spontaneous burst of applause, his voice booming to the rafters.There was loud applause when the band members ran onto the stage.To say the least, applause came haltingly.

There was great applause when the Makhmalbaf family took a bow.The crowd, ever growing, explodes into laughter and applause.

