Word Meanings - APPLAUSE - Book Publishers vocabulary database
The act of applauding; approbation and praise publicly expressed by clapping the hands, stamping or tapping with the feet, acclamation, huzzas, or other means; marked commendation. The brave man seeks not popular applause. Dryden. Syn. -- Acclaim;
Additional info about word: APPLAUSE
The act of applauding; approbation and praise publicly expressed by clapping the hands, stamping or tapping with the feet, acclamation, huzzas, or other means; marked commendation. The brave man seeks not popular applause. Dryden. Syn. -- Acclaim; acclamation; plaudit; commendation; approval.
Possible synonyms: (Same meaning words of APPLAUSE)
- Acclamation
- Applause
- homage
- gratulation
- salutation
- joy
- commendation
- plaudit
- hosannas
- cheer
- shouting
- exultation
- triumph
- approval
Related words: (words related to APPLAUSE)
- SHOUTER
One who shouts. - CHEERINESS
The state of being cheery. - ACCLAMATION
A representation, in sculpture or on medals, of people expressing joy. Acclamation medals are those on which laudatory acclamations are recorded. Elmes. (more info) 1. A shout of approbation, favor, or assent; eager expression of approval; loud - CHEERISNESS
Cheerfulness. There is no Christian duty that is not to be seasoned and set off with cheerishness. Milton. - CHEERINGLY
In a manner to cheer or encourage. - TRIUMPHANTLY
In a triumphant manner. - CHEERER
One who cheers; one who, or that which, gladdens. "Thou cheerer of our days." Wotton. "Prime cheerer, light." Thomson. - PLAUDITORY
Applauding; commending. - COMMENDATION
A message of affection or respect; compliments; greeting. Hark you, Margaret; No princely commendations to my king Shak. (more info) 1. The act of commending; praise; favorable representation in words; recommendation. Need we . . . epistles of - SHOUT
1. To utter with a shout; to cry; -- sometimes with out; as, to shout, or to shout out, a man's name. 2. To treat with shouts or clamor. Bp. Hall. - GRATULATION
The act of gratulating or felicitating; congratulation. I shall turn my wishes into gratulations. South. - CHEERFULNESS
Good spirits; a state of moderate joy or gayety; alacrity. - HOMAGE
A symbolical acknowledgment made by a feudal tenant to, and in the presence of, his lord, on receiving investiture of fee, or coming to it by succession, that he was his man, or vassal; profession of fealty to a sovereign. 2. Respect or reverential - PLAUDIT
A mark or expression of applause; praise bestowed. Not in the shouts and plaudits of the throng. Longfellow. Syn. -- Acclamation; applause; encomium; commendation; approbation; approval. (more info) players at the end of a performance), 2d pers. - TRIUMPH
A magnificent and imposing ceremonial performed in honor of a general who had gained a decisive victory over a foreign enemy. Note: The general was allowed to enter the city crowned with a wreath of laurel, bearing a scepter in one hand, - CHEERLESS
Without joy, gladness, or comfort. -- Cheer"less*ly, adv. -- Cheer"less*ness, n. My cheerful day is turned to cheerles night. Spenser. Syn. -- Gloomy; sad; comfortless; dispiriting; dicsconsolate; dejected; melancholy; forlorn. - APPROVAL
Approbation; sanction. A censor . . . without whose approval nTemple. Syn. -- See Approbation. - APPLAUSE
The act of applauding; approbation and praise publicly expressed by clapping the hands, stamping or tapping with the feet, acclamation, huzzas, or other means; marked commendation. The brave man seeks not popular applause. Dryden. Syn. -- Acclaim; - TRIUMPHANT
1. Rejoicing for victory; triumphing; exultant. Successful beyond hope to lead ye forth Triumphant out of this infernal pit. Milton. 2. Celebrating victory; expressive of joy for success; as, a triumphant song or ode. 3. Graced with conquest; - CHEER
chère, fr. LL. cara face, Gr. , L. cerebrum brain, G. hirn, and E. 1. The face; the countenance or its expression. "Sweat of thy cheer." Wyclif. 2. Feeling; spirit; state of mind or heart. Be of good cheer. Matt. ix. 2. The parents . . . fled - DISAPPROVAL
Disapprobation; dislike; censure; adverse judgment. - UPCHEER
To cheer up. Spenser. - SELF-APPLAUSE
Applause of one's self. - WASHOUT
The washing out or away of earth, etc., especially of a portion of the bed of a road or railroad by a fall of rain or a freshet; also, a place, especially in the bed of a road or railroad, where the earth has been washed away. - NEISHOUT
The mahogany-like wood of the South African tree Pteroxylon utile, the sawdust of which causes violent sneezing (whence the name). Also called sneezewood. - BELLYCHEER
Good cheer; viands. "Bellycheer and banquets." Rowlands. "Loaves and bellycheer." Milton. - UNSHOUT
To recall what is done by shouting. Shak.