congratulate
To express one’s sympathetic pleasure or joy to the person(s) it is felt for
Verb
- To express one’s sympathetic pleasure or joy to the person(s) it is felt for
- Remind me to congratulate Dave and Lisa on their wedding.
- We must congratulate Dave and Lisa on getting married.
- Ronaldo Sr., who is the record goalscorer in men’s international soccer with 136 goals for Portugal, congratulated his son on his Instagram Stories by posting a picture of his name on the squad list, saying: “Proud of...
Synonyms: felicitate compliment
- To consider oneself fortunate in some matter.
- I congratulated myself on the success of my plan.
Origin
First attested in 1548; borrowed from Latin congrātulātus, the perfect active participle of Latin congrātulor (“to wish joy, rejoice (with); to congratulate”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)), from con- + grātulor, from grātus (“grateful, pleasing, agreeable, beloved”) + -or. By surface analysis, con- + gratulate.
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congratulable congratulant congratulating congratulative congratulator congratulatory recongratulate self-congratulate uncongratulated uncongratulating