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sing the praises of

verb · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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verb

Meaning 1

to commend (someone or something’s) attributes to others

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: idiomatic

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Across languages

Translations

14 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Finnish: ylistää — commend someone's attributes to others
  • French: chanter les louanges de — commend someone's attributes to others
  • French: vanter les mérites de — commend someone's attributes to others
  • French: se répandre en éloges sur — commend someone's attributes to others
  • Italian: cantare le lodi — commend someone's attributes to others
  • Italian: tessere le lodi — commend someone's attributes to others
  • Polish: nachwalić się — commend someone's attributes to others
  • Polish: opiewać — commend someone's attributes to others
  • Spanish: cantar las alabanzas de — commend someone's attributes to others
  • Swedish: sjunga någons/någots lov — commend someone's attributes to others
  • Swedish: lovorda — commend someone's attributes to others
  • Swedish: lovprisa — commend someone's attributes to others
  • Swedish: lovsjunga — commend someone's attributes to others
  • Telugu: కీర్తిగానం (kīrtigānaṁ) — commend someone's attributes to others