Approbative [adjective]

Definition of Approbative:

complimentary

Synonyms of Approbative:

● Flattering

● Acclamatory

● Approbatory

● Commendatory

● Adulatory

● Approving

● Encomiastic

● Eulogistic

● Laudative

● Panegyrical

● Praiseful


Opposite/Antonyms of Approbative:

● Critical

● Blaming


Sentence/Example of Approbative:

As she leaned forward listening, with her lips slightly parted, Margaret gave an unconscious little approbative nod of the head.

Bartrow looked him up and down with a smile which was grimly approbative.

And the approbative shouts of his half-intoxicated auditors filled his simple soul with delight and pride.

A small victory thus won acts on them like the good dinner to the Alimentive man, or flattery to the Approbative person.