praise, n. commendation, laudation, approbation, encomium, [panegyric], [eulogy], [applause], [laud], acclaim, éclat, [plaudit], compliment, acclamation, puff, [flattery]; [worship], [homage], glorification; pæan. Antonyms: [condemnation], dispraise, disapprobation, [disparagement], [denunciation], animadversion, [stricture].
praise, v. [laud], [extol], [commend], [eulogize], panegyrize, applaud; [magnify], glorify. Antonyms: [condemn], denounce, [disparage], deprecate, criticize.
praiser, n. [eulogist], panegyrist, extoller, encomiast, lauder.
praiseworthy, a. [laudable], [commendable]. Antonyms: illaudable, [unpraiseworthy], indign.
prance, v. cavort.
prank, n. [trick], [antic], [frolic], [caper].
prankish, a. [playful], [frolicsome], [sportive], mischievous, gamesome.
prate, v. [babble], [gabble], clatter, chatter, prattle. See talk.
prate, n. chatter, [gabble], [babble], [twaddle].
pray, v. invoke, supplicate, entreat, [implore], [beg], [petition], [intercede].