Meaning of LAUDABLE
| Pronunciation: | | 'lodubul
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| | Definition: | | [adj] worthy of high praise; "applaudable efforts to save the environment"; "a commendable sense of purpose"; "laudable motives of improving housing conditions"; "a significant and praiseworthy increase in computer intelligence" |
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| | Synonyms: | | applaudable, commendable, praiseworthy, worthy |
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Laud"a*ble\, a. [L. laudabilis: cf. OE. laudable. See
{Laud}, v. i.]
1. Worthy of being lauded; praiseworthy; commendable; as,
laudable motives; laudable actions; laudable ambition.
2. (Med.) Healthy; salubrious; normal; having a disposition
to promote healing; not noxious; as, laudable juices of
the body; laudable pus. --Arbuthnot.
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| | Related Terms: | | admirable, advantageous, auspicious, beneficial, benevolent, beyond all praise, bon, bonny, braw, bueno, capital, cogent, commendable, creditable, deserving, elegant, estimable, excellent, exemplary, expedient, fair, famous, favorable, fine, good, goodly, grand, healthy, helpful, kind, meritorious, model, nice, noble, notable, noteworthy, outstanding, pleasant, praiseworthy, profitable, regal, royal, skillful, sound, splendid, unexceptionable, useful, valid, very good, virtuous, well-deserving, worthy |
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