kudos

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nounpraise, acclaim

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Antonyms for kudos

accolade

noun. strong praise, recognition of achievement

accolades

noun. strong praise, recognition of achievement

Word Origin & History

"fame, renown," 1799, probably originally in university slang, from Greek kydos "glory, fame," especially in battle, literally "that which is heard of" (see caveat). A singular noun in Greek, but the final -s often is mistaken as a plural suffix in English, leading to the barbarous back-formation kudo (attested by 1936).

Example Sentences forkudos

He heaved a sigh as he thought of the kudos which might have been his.

But he could, and he would, get what was dear to him—the recognition and the kudos to which he was entitled!

I hope it's all honour and kudos and pleasantness, without a tax of botherations.

All the gunners down this way passed us all sorts of 'kudos' over it.

Then I'd have the freedom of the unmarried, with the kudos of the married.

They will have all the kudos of it and the fun, and you will pay the piper.

But it will bring you no kudos—the case against him will be dismissed at once!

And compared with the kudos that would be hers, even the foregone royalty fell away into the background.

But he learnt nothing from these rebuffs, and there was no kudos to be gained by showing him what an utter ass he really was.

Well, I don't say I mayn't have got a certain amount of what they call "kudos," owing to Andromeda.

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accolade

accolades

applause

brownie points

credit

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accolade

accolades

applause

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