extol

Verb

Meaning

To place on high; to lift up; to elevate.

To elevate by praise; to eulogize; to praise; to magnify; as, to extol virtue; to extol an act or a person.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

glorify laud celebrate proclaim applaud commend magnify exalt revere adore honor worship praise acclaim approve
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Antonyms

bash attack hammer slam doom carp
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Hypernyms

praise

Hyponyms

hymn canonize crack up canonise ensky

Derivatives

extolled extolling

Examples

extol the virtues of one's children Source: Internet

glorify one's spouse's cooking Source: Internet

Angry at the actions of the FDA, Grenon, the Genesis II leader, said in an online posting that he wrote President Trump to extol MMS and expose the government’s excesses in pursuing him. Source: Internet

Boris Johnson has promised that the UK’s new immigration policy will put “people before passports” as he used his first set-piece speech of 2020 to extol the benefits of trade with post-Brexit Britain to a major gathering of African leaders. Source: Internet

For 78 minutes, Trump went on to extol a “Great American Comeback” on his watch, just three years after he took office decrying a land of “American carnage” under his predecessor. Source: Internet

Standing before a Congress and nation sharply divided by impeachment, Trump used his State of the Union address to extol a “Great American Comeback” on his watch. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

extispicious extispicy extogenous extoll extollation extolled