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. Nancy Pelosi:

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

2. Chicago Bears:

   You don't know if you can be happy, i don't want to go into detail about it, man, but anytime our guys make a play, man, I am going to be the first one to congratulate them and be happy.

3. Donald Trump:

   I just wanted to congratulate Rodrigo Duterte Fast FactsPanelo because I am hearing of the unbelievable job on the drug problem.

4. Mariano Rajoy:

   In light of what we all know, I presume that the vote of no confidence will go ahead, and Pedro Sánchez will become Prime Minister and I want to be the first to congratulate him, i will accept the result of the vote as the democrat I am, but I can not agree with what has been done.

5. Hillary Clinton:

   These are important steps that make the United States, our allies and the entire world safer, i congratulate President Obama and his team. And I'm proud of the role I played to get this process started.

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