Definition of "applauds" []

• Third-person singular simple present indicative form of applaud. (verb)
• Plural form of applaud. (noun)

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• "I still laugh myself silly when I read it, and every malicious part of my brain applauds the exquisitely cruel detail with which Wordsworth is skewered."
• "So, as a Republican commentator, he applauds from the press box his party's cynical power plays, as in a game of football."
• "In other words, the “genuine, strong sentiment” you applauds is authored by deceit."