eulogy

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: eu=lo=gy

CIDE DICTIONARY

eulogy, n. [Gr. , from well speaking; e'y^ well + to speak. Cf. Eulogium, and see Legend.].

 A speech or writing in commendation of the character or services of a person; as, a fitting eulogy to worth.  [1913 Webster]
"Eulogies turn into elegies."

Syn. -- Encomium; praise; panegyric; applause.

OXFORD DICTIONARY

eulogy, n. (pl. -ies)
1 a speech or writing in praise of a person. b an expression of praise.
2 US a funeral oration in praise of a person.

Etymology

med.L eulogium f. (app. by confusion with L elogium epitaph) LL eulogia praise f. Gk

DEVIL DICTIONARY

eulogy

n. Praise of a person who has either the advantages of wealth and power, or the consideration to be dead.

THESAURUS

eulogy

acclaim, acclamation, accolade, address, adulation, after-dinner speech, allocution, apotheosis, applause, bepraisement, burial service, chalk talk, citation, commendation, compliment, congratulation, coronach, dead march, death knell, death song, deathwatch, debate, declamation, deification, diatribe, dirge, elegy, eloge, encomium, epicedium, eulogium, exaltation, excessive praise, exequies, exhortation, extreme unction, filibuster, flattery, forensic, forensic address, formal speech, funeral march, funeral oration, funeral rites, funeral song, glorification, glory, graveside oration, harangue, hero worship, homage, hommage, honor, honorable mention, hortatory address, idolatry, idolizing, inaugural, inaugural address, invective, jeremiad, keen, knell, kudos, last duty, last honors, last offices, last rites, laud, laudation, lionizing, magnification, meed of praise, mention, monody, muffled drums, obsequies, oration, overpraise, paean, panegyric, passing bell, pep talk, peroration, philippic, pitch, plaudits, praise, prepared speech, prepared text, public speech, reading, recital, recitation, requiem, requiem mass, sales talk, salutation, salutatory, salutatory address, say, screed, set speech, speech, speechification, speeching, talk, talkathon, threnode, threnody, tirade, tribute, valediction, valedictory, valedictory address, viaticum, wake

ROGET THESAURUS

eulogy

Approbation

N approbation, approval, approvement, sanction, advocacy, nod of approbation, esteem, estimation, good opinion, golden opinions, admiration, love, appreciation, regard, account, popularity, kudos, credit, repute, best seller, commendation, praise, laud, laudation, good word, meed of praise, tribute of praise, encomium, eulogy, eulogium, eloge, panegyric, homage, hero worship, benediction, blessing, benison, applause, plaudit, clap, clapping, clapping of hands, acclaim, acclamation, cheer, paean, hosannah, shout of applause, peal of applause, chorus of applause, chorus of praise, Prytaneum, approving, in favor of, lost in admiration, commendatory, complimentary, benedictory, laudatory, panegyrical, eulogistic, encomiastic, lavish of praise, uncritical, approved, praised, uncensured, unimpeached, popular, in good odor, in high esteem, in favor, in high favor, deserving of praise, worthy of praise, praiseworthy, commendable, of estimation, good, meritorious, estimable, creditable, plausible, unimpeachable, beyond all praise, with credit, to admiration, well, with three times three, Int, hear hear!, bully for you!, well done!, bravo!, bravissimo!, euge!, macte virtute!, so far so good, that's right, quite right, optime!, one cheer more, may your shadow never be less!, esto perpetua!, long life to!, viva!, enviva!, Godspeed!, valete et plaudite!, encore!, bis!, probatum est, tacent satis laudant, servant of God, well done!.