Dictionary

extol en · VERB

Pronunciation

• /ɪkˈstoʊl/ (General-American)
• /ɪkˈstɒl/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• (Southern-England) audio
• /ɪkˈstəʊl/ (Received-Pronunciation)

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin extollō (“elevate, raise high”).

Meanings

1. (transitive) To praise; to make high.
   • Maimonides, the 12th century scholar, rabbi and physician also extolled the health benefits of wine in moderation. 2022 January 22, Jonathan Reiner, “If you think that glass of wine is good for you, it’s time to reconsider”, in CNN:
   • Extol thee—could I—then I will / By saying nothing new, / But just the tritest truth / That thou art heavenly. a. 1887 (date written), Emily Dickinson, “(please specify the chapter or poem)”, in M[abel] L[oomis] Todd and M[illicent] T[odd] Bingham, editors, Bolts of Melody, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Row, published 1945, page 173:
   • Behold, my servant shall deal prudently, he shall be exalted and extolled, and be very high. 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Isaiah 52:13:
   • In the meantime, I have an opportunity of extolling the virtues of his Liverpool & Manchester Railway Atlas, which appeared last year and has already had its second print-run. 2022 February 23, Barry Doe, “Liverpool & Manchester Atlas is excellent value”, in RAIL, number 951, page 60:
   • Instead, we retreat into our gender-segregated media spaces where the manosphere extols stoicism and the womanosphere celebrates emotional vulnerability. 2024 April 17, David Sasaki, “The emotionally immature lives of men and women”, in The Time Capsule:
   • It not only congratulates the Pope, but panegyrizes his Holiness, extols the college of cardinals and the bishops of Italy, calls upon the ashes of the martyrs to rejoice, apostrophizes Peter and Paul, and pays many fine compliments to happy Britain, although dissentient from the Romish faith;—it then reverts, in conclusion, to the Pope, and ends with intreating his blessing and assuring him of the prayers of his Irish congratulators. 1814 October 14, “Proceedings of Irish Roman Catholics”, in William Haweis Cooper, editor, The Protestant Advocate, Irish Missionary Magazine and Christian Watchman, volume III, London: Houlston and Stoneman, […]; Dublin: P. D. Hardy & Sons, pages 1–2:
   • Men like Stuart who had no desire to extol Coleridge's virtues, and other witnesses quite as hostile, to whom a moral dereliction could hardly be a mortal offence, were loud in praise of the purity of his walk in life. 1887, Sir Thomas Henry Hall Caine, Sir Hall Caine, John Parker Anderson, Life of Samuel Taylor Coleridge, page 136:

Forms

Deriveds

extolment · extollingly · unextolled · extoller · extollation

Synonyms

speak well of · venerate · flatter · praise · exalt · worthy · eulogize · honor · belaud · belaud · magnify · bepraise · cry up · commend · laud · puff · idolize · appraise · lionize · panegyrize · transfigure · extol · revere · applaud · glorify · enthrone · aggrandize

Translations (45)

sv lovprisa (to praise; to make high) · ga ardaigh (to praise; to make high) · it lodare (to praise; to make high) · sv höja till skyarna (to praise; to make high) · nb prise (to praise; to make high) · fi ylistää (to praise; to make high) · ru превозноси́ть (to praise; to make high) · nl ophemelen (to praise; to make high) · pt elogiar (to praise; to make high) · cmn 頌揚 /颂扬 (to praise; to make high) · tr yüceltmek (to praise; to make high) · zu -dumisa (to praise; to make high) · nl verheffen (to praise; to make high) · la extollō (to praise; to make high) · pl wychwalić (to praise; to make high) · zu -bonga (to praise; to make high) · nl prijzen (to praise; to make high) · sa स्तौति (to praise; to make high) · pl wychwalać (to praise; to make high) · lt šlovinti (to praise; to make high) · he שיבח הילל (to praise; to make high) · es enaltecer (to praise; to make high) · sv prisa (to praise; to make high) · pt enaltecer (to praise; to make high) · es alabar (to praise; to make high) · fr faire l'éloge de (to praise; to make high) · ru восхваля́ть (to praise; to make high) · cs velebit (to praise; to make high) · bg възхвалявам (to praise; to make high) · ja 褒めそやす (to praise; to make high) · es loar (to praise; to make high) · mi whakahirahira (to praise; to make high) · es entronizar (to praise; to make high) · es elogiar (to praise; to make high) · ro lăuda (to praise; to make high) · ro elogia (to praise; to make high) · es ensalzar (to praise; to make high) · ru восхвали́ть (to praise; to make high) · ru превознести́ (to praise; to make high) · ga adhmhol (to praise; to make high) · mi whakarangaranga (to praise; to make high) · fr louer (to praise; to make high) · cs vychvalovat (to praise; to make high) · de preisen (to praise; to make high) · cs opěvovat (to praise; to make high)