Antonyms for congratulate
kənˈgrætʃ əˌleɪt or, often, -ˈgrædʒ-, kəŋ-con·grat·u·late

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1. congratulate

   To felicitate is to pronounce one happy or wish one joy; to congratulate is to express hearty sympathy in his joys or hopes. Felicitate is cold and formal. We say one felicitates himself; tho to congratulate oneself, which is less natural, is becoming prevalent.

   Antonyms:
   condole with, console

   Synonyms:
   felicitate

   Preposition:
   Congratulate one on or upon his success.

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1. congratulate

   Synonyms:
   felicitate

Matched Categories

1. • Praise
   • Wish

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1. compliment, congratulateverb

   say something to someone that expresses praise

   "He complimented her on her last physics paper"

   Synonyms:
   preen, pride, compliment, felicitate, plume

2. congratulate, felicitateverb

   express congratulations

   Synonyms:
   preen, pride, compliment, felicitate, plume

3. pride, plume, congratulateverb

   be proud of

   "He prides himself on making it into law school"

   Synonyms:
   pride, felicitate, hook, primp, surcharge, plume, overcharge, dress, preen, compliment, rob, gazump, fleece, soak, pluck

4. preen, congratulateverb

   pride or congratulate (oneself) for an achievement

   Synonyms:
   pride, felicitate, primp, plume, dress, preen, compliment

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1. congratulateverb

   Antonyms:
   commiserate, condole with

   Synonyms:
   felicitate, gratulate

How to use congratulate in a sentence?

1. Tedros Adhanom:

   The world has 11 years left to make good on its sustainable development goals. Universal health coverage is key to ensuring that happens, universal health coverage is a political choice : today world leaders have signaled their readiness to make that choice. I congratulate them.

2. Coco Gauff:

   I want to congratulate Iga, what you’ve done on tour these past couple of months has truly been amazing, and you truly deserve this. Hopefully, we can play each other in more finals, and maybe I can get a win on you one of these days. CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COM.

3. Nancy Pelosi:

   I congratulate President-elect Donald Trump and Donald Trump family, and pray for Donald Trump success.

4. Imran Khan:

   I congratulate Justice Ayesha Malik for becoming the first female judge of the Supreme Court, ayesha Malik has my prayers and good wishes.

5. Richard McLaren:

   I am delighted to be working with FIBA. I congratulate FIBA's leadership for their commitment to ensuring the integrity of the sport, i am confident that this new partnership will help FIBA navigate through any ethical challenge that may arise to ensure that spectators, players and coaches continue to have the utmost trust in the game.

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