acclaimed

adjective

ac·​claimed ə-ˈklāmd How to pronounce acclaimed (audio)
: enthusiastically praised
an acclaimed performance/performer
the city's most acclaimed restaurants
Greenfeld is best known as a journalist, the author of five acclaimed books of nonfiction …Jay McInerney

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His clear-eyed bluntness helped make Netflix’s Painkiller a more successful anti-Sackler screed than the more acclaimed Dopesick. Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 9 Jan. 2025 For his part, the acclaimed Brooklyn pizzaiolo Paul Giannone has expanded his Paulie Gee’s operation to Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Baltimore and Chicago. Ed Levine, New York Times, 6 Jan. 2025 Madonna was previously married to Oscar-winning actor Sean Penn and acclaimed filmmaker Guy Ritchie. Dan Perry, Newsweek, 4 Jan. 2025 Dan Wakefield Dan Wakefield, the acclaimed writer and journalist known for his bestselling novels and memoirs on cultural and spiritual topics, died in March at the age of 91. John Tuohy, The Indianapolis Star, 31 Dec. 2024 See all Example Sentences for acclaimed 

Word History

First Known Use

1867, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of acclaimed was in 1867

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“Acclaimed.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/acclaimed. Accessed 22 Jan. 2025.

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