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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;

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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.

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  • 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
  • UPCHEER
    To cheer up. Spenser.
  • DISAPPROVAL
    Disapprobation; dislike; censure; adverse judgment.
  • 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.

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