Definition of "applauded" []

• Simple past tense and past participle of applaud. (verb)

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• "We again applauded the staff of The Children's Hospital."
• "What was formerly applauded is now voted down on a website whose connections to the Obama administration are well known."
• "Goodell once again applauded the city and region for its efforts to bring the Saints back, but stopped short of saying anything definitive about the long-term future of the team in the city."