Congratulate

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • v. To express joy or acknowledgment, as for the achievement or good fortune of (another).
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  • v. to express one’s sympathetic pleasure or joy to the person(s) it is felt for
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • v. To address with expressions of sympathetic pleasure on account of some happy event affecting the person addressed; to wish joy to.
  • verb-intransitive. To express of feel sympathetic joy.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To address with expressions of sympathetic pleasure; compliment or felicitate upon an event deemed happy; wish joy to: with on or upon before the subject of congratulation: as, to congratulate a man on the birth of a son; to congratulate the nation on the restoration of peace.
  • To welcome; hail with expressions of pleasure; salute.
  • To express or feel sympathetic gratification: followed by with or, formerly, to.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • v. be proud of
  • v. say something to someone that expresses praise
  • v. pride or congratulate (oneself) for an achievement
  • v. express congratulations
    • Antonym
    compassionate   
    Verb Form
    congratulated    congratulates    congratulating   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    feel    experience    praise    crow    gloat    triumph    wish    bid   
    Cross Reference
    compliment    to congratulate one's self   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    felicitate    gratulate    macarize    hug    plume    pride    flatter   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    countryfolk    bézique   
     
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