celebrating

ADJECTIVE

complimentary

Synonyms

STRONGEST

appreciative congratulatory polite respectful

WEAK

adulatory approbative approbatory approving commendatory courtly encomiastic encomiastical eulogistic fair-spoken fawning highly favorable honeyed honoring laudatory panegyrical plauditory praiseful sycophantic unctuous well-wishing with high praise with highest recommendation

Antonyms

STRONGEST

unmannerly

WEAK

blaming censuring critical denouncing disparaging for sale insulting reproachful unflattering

ADJECTIVE

jubilant

Synonyms

STRONGEST

elated euphoric excited exuberant exultant glad joyous overjoyed pleased triumphal triumphant

WEAK

doing handsprings enraptured exulting flipping flying gleeful rejoicing rhapsodic thrilled tickled

Antonyms

STRONGEST

depressed discouraged sad sorrowful unexcited unhappy

NOUN

remembering

Synonyms

STRONG

commemorating memorializing recollecting recollection reliving reminiscence reminiscing

WEAK

bringing back looking back thinking back thinking of

Antonyms

WEAK

forgetting overlooking

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Celebrating Mass in St. Peter’s Square on Palm Sunday amid the Iran war, Pope Leo XIV declared that God “does not listen to the prayers of those who wage war, but rejects them.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 29, 2026

Celebrating his "vibrant cultural expression", the UN's cultural agency inscribed Behzad's style of miniature art on its list of Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity in December.

From Barron's • Feb. 4, 2026

He won two Emmy Awards, first in 1972 for producing and directing Bernstein on Beethoven: A Celebration in Vienna, then in 1988 for the Great Performances episode Celebrating Gershwin.

From BBC • Dec. 17, 2025

Celebrating Father’s Day and birthdays with cake and balloons.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 20, 2025

Celebrating their success, the summit team left an offering of prayer flags, katas, and climbing pitons on what appeared to be the highest point, and then descended into the fast-rising blizzard.

From "Into Thin Air" by Jon Krakauer

celebrating

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