praiseful

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English

Etymology

From praise +‎ -ful.

Adjective

praiseful (comparative more praiseful, superlative most praiseful)

  1. praiseworthy
  2. full of praise for others
    • 2009 September 13, Jonathan Lethem, “Poet of Desolate Landscapes”, in New York Times:
      Whether you embrace or reject on his behalf the label “science-fiction writer” will indicate whether you regard it as praiseful or damning, but no one reading Ballard could doubt the tidal gravity of his intellect or the stark visionary consistency of the motifs that earned him that rarest of literary awards, an adjective: Ballardian.