congratulate

Verb

Meaning

To address with expressions of sympathetic pleasure on account of some happy event affecting the person addressed; to wish joy to.

To express of feel sympathetic joy; as, to congratulate with one's country.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

felicitate pride plume compliment preen congratulation honor celebrate praise acclaim welcome acknowledge appreciate salute praising
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Antonyms

scout boo gibbet attack hammer pan
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Hypernyms

crow experience feel wish bid praise

Related terms

congratulations congratulation

Phrases with the word

congratulate someone on congratulate oneself to congratulate congratulate oneself on congratulate yourself on congratulate someone

Derivatives

congratulated congratulating

Examples

We sometimes congratulate ourselves at the moment of waking from a troubled dream; it may be so the moment after death. Nathaniel Hawthorne

I never knew whether to pity or congratulate a man on coming to his senses. William Makepeace Thackeray

To congratulate oneself on one's warm commitment to the environment, or to peace, or to the oppressed, and think no more is a profound moral fault. Robert Conquest

I'd like to congratulate myself, and thank myself, and give myself a big pat on the back. Dee Dee Ramone

Men met each other with erected look, The steps were higher that they took Friends to congratulate their friends made haste, And long inveterate foes saluted as they pass'd. John Dryden

With rapport and offsprings. Said to congratulate newlyweds. Arabic Proverb

Close letter words and terms

congratufuckulations congratulable congratulant congratulate on congratulate oneself congratulate oneself on