Antonyms for laurelslau·rels

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1. laurels

   Fame is the widely disseminated report of a person's character, deeds, or abilities, and is oftenest used in the favorable sense. Reputation and repute are more limited than fame, and may be either good or bad. Notoriety is evil repute or a dishonorable counterfeit of fame. Eminence and distinction may result from rank, station, or character. Celebrity is limited in range; we speak of local celebrity, or world-wide fame. Fame in its best sense may be defined as the applause of numbers; renown, as such applause worthily won; we speak of the conqueror's fame, the patriot's renown. Glory and honor are of good import; honor may be given for qualities or acts that should not win it, but it is always given as something good and worthy; we can speak of an evil fame, but not of evil honor; glory has a more exalted and often a sacred sense.

   Antonyms:
   contempt, contumely, discredit, disgrace, dishonor, disrepute, humiliation, ignominy, infamy, oblivion, obscurity, shame

   Synonyms:
   celebrity, credit, distinction, eminence, fame, glory, honor, notoriety, renown, reputation, repute

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1. award, accolade, honor, honour, laurelsnoun

   a tangible symbol signifying approval or distinction

   "an award for bravery"

   Synonyms:
   prize, purity, awarding, honor, award, honour, accolade, pureness

2. honor, honour, laurelsnoun

   the state of being honored

   Synonyms:
   honor, purity, award, accolade, honour, pureness

How to use laurels in a sentence?

1. Douglas MacArthur:

   Whether in chains or in laurels, liberty knows nothing but victories.

2. Juan Carlos Osorio:

   I hope that we're not going to rest on our laurels and take our foot off the gas. We know all too well that in football, things can change overnight, everybody is healthy and we are totally prepared to face a great opponent tomorrow.

3. Justin Rose:

   I don't think I can just rest on my laurels and shoot even par tomorrow. I've got to go forward I think, i'm going to go out and just try to be doing what I've been doing that last few days and executing my shots and go from there.

4. Marwan Lahoud:

   It could have been a crown of laurels; it is in the process of becoming a crown of thorns, and we are taking measures to rediscover the laurels, i am not concerned at all about the future of the aircraft. The difficulties we have today are difficulties of execution.

5. Susan Huang:

   Everyone was resting on their laurels because we’ve been able to reduce MRSA, largely from hospital efforts to reduce infection risk, but these are preventable infections and we should be able to drive them down to zero.

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