Congratulate
21congratulate oneself — feel pride or satisfaction. → congratulate …
22congratulate oneself — you should congratulate yourself on this wonderful accomplishment Syn: take pride in, feel proud of, flatter oneself on, pat oneself on the back for; take/feel satisfaction in, take pleasure in, glory in, bask in, delight in …
23congratulate yourself — to be proud of yourself for being successful or lucky congratulate yourself on: I was congratulating myself on my lucky escape when disaster struck …
24congratulate oneself — TAKE PRIDE, feel proud, flatter oneself, preen oneself, pat oneself on the back; feel satisfaction, take pleasure, glory, bask, delight. → congratulate …
25congratulate — transitive verb ( lated; lating) Etymology: Latin congratulatus, past participle of congratulari to wish joy, from com + gratulari to wish joy, from gratus pleasing more at grace Date: 1539 1. archaic to express sympathetic …
26congratulate — congratulator, n. /keuhn grach euh layt / or, often, / graj , keuhng /, v.t., congratulated, congratulating. 1. to express pleasure to (a person), as on a happy occasion: They congratulated him on his marriage. 2. Archaic. to express sympathetic… …
27congratulate — verb to express one’s sympathetic pleasure or joy to the person(s) it is felt for …
28congratulate — I (Roget s IV) v. Syn. felicitate, wish joy to, toast; see compliment 2 , praise 1 , salute 2 . II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) v. felicitate, hail, commend, salute, applaud, toast. III (Roget s Thesaurus II) verb 1. To pay a compliment to: commend …
29congratulate — see GRATEFUL …
30congratulate — con·grat·u·late || kÉ™n grætjÊŠleɪt v. express good wishes to someone (on a birthday, graduation, etc.) …
