Free Translator Free Translator
Translators Dictionaries Courses Other
Home
English Dictionary      examples: 'day', 'get rid of', 'New York Bay'




Congratulate   /kəngrˈætʃəlˌeɪt/   Listen
verb
Congratulate  v. t.  (past & past part. congratulated; pres. part. congratulating)  To address with expressions of sympathetic pleasure on account of some happy event affecting the person addressed; to wish joy to. "It is the king's most sweet pleasure and affection to congratulate the princess at her pavilion."
To congratulate one's self, to rejoice; to feel satisfaction; to consider one's self happy or fortunate.
Synonyms: To Congratulate, Felicitate. To felicitate is simply to wish a person joy. To congratulate has the additional signification of uniting in the joy of him whom we congratulate. Hence they are by no means synonymous. One who has lost the object of his affections by her marriage to a rival, might perhaps felicitate that rival on his success, but could never be expected to congratulate him on such an event. "Felicitations are little better than compliments; congratulations are the expression of a genuine sympathy and joy."



Congratulate  v. i.  To express of feel sympathetic joy; as, to congratulate with one's country. (R.) "The subjects of England may congratulate to themselves."






Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48








Advanced search
     Find words:
Starting with
Ending with
Containing
Matching a pattern  

Synonyms
Antonyms
Quotes
Words linked to  

only single words



Share |





"Congratulate" Quotes from Famous Books



... my secret. You were very careful not to tell me the true cause of poor Digby's flight. Yes, Mr. Royle, I congratulate you upon your ingenuity in protecting the honour of your friend. Rest assured he will not forget the great services ...
— The Sign of Silence • William Le Queux

... boy, let me congratulate you." And we shook hands over this creature who was to wreck our happy home—still, I felt there wouldn't be enough crockery to continue on unless the thing was settled in church or at ...
— Cupid's Middleman • Edward B. Lent

... Arline cried in alarm. "No one can find you there! and you, Devilshoof, jump out of the window." No sooner said than done! Out Devilshoof jumped, while Thaddeus got into the cabinet. The great doors were thrown open and the company streamed in to congratulate Arline on being restored to her father. The old Count then took Arline by the hand and presented her to the company, while Florestein, as the suitor who expected to be given her hand in marriage, stood beside her, smiling and looking the coxcomb. Everybody then ...
— Operas Every Child Should Know - Descriptions of the Text and Music of Some of the Most Famous Masterpieces • Mary Schell Hoke Bacon

... is the best possible, and I congratulate myself. No! Good as this is, there is a ...
— The Justice of the King • Hamilton Drummond

... congratulate you very warmly, Miss Fox-Seton," she said, pressing her hand with maternal patronage. "Your life has changed greatly since we ...
— Emily Fox-Seton - Being The Making of a Marchioness and The Methods of Lady Walderhurst • Frances Hodgson Burnett


More quotes...



Copyright © 2025 Free-Translator.com