commendatory | Definition of commendatory

Synonyms and Antonyms of commendatory

expressing approval

on the basis of several commendatory letters from his teachers, the student was admitted to the advanced studies program

Synonyms of commendatory

admiring, applauding, appreciative, approbatory, approving, complimentary, favorable, friendly, good, positive

Words Related to commendatory

accepting, warm

encomiastic, eulogistic, flattering, hagiographic (also hagiographical), laudative, laudatory, panegyrical, praiseful

respectful, supportive, sympathetic

adoring, adulatory, idolizing, worshipful, worshipping (also worshiping)

advisory, recommendatory

Near Antonyms of commendatory

captious, carping, caviling (or cavilling), censuring, critical, faultfinding, hypercritical, overcritical

belittling, contemptuous, disdainful, disparaging, scornful, slighting

Antonyms of commendatory

adverse, depreciative, depreciatory, derogatory, disapproving, inappreciative, negative, unappreciative, uncomplimentary, unfavorable, unflattering, unfriendly