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Definition: Congratulatory |
CongratulatoryAdjective1. Expressive of sympathetic pleasure or joy on account of someone's success or good fortune; "a congratulatory telegram"; "the usual congratulatory crowd was conspicuously absent"; "a gratulatory address". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "congratulatory" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1790. (references) |
Synonym: CongratulatorySynonym: gratulatory (adj). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Congratulation | Adjective: congratulatory, gratulatory. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Congratulatory |
| English words defined with "congratulatory": Congratulant ♦ gratulatory. (references) |
| "Congratulatory" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Congratulatory" is used about 38 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 100% | 38 | 55,818 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Hypenated Usage | |
Ending with "congratulatory": self-congratulatory. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
congratulatory letter | 19 |
congratulatory letter sample | 6 |
congratulatory speech | 6 |
congratulatory message | 5 |
card congratulatory | 4 |
congratulatory note | 2 |
congratulatory quote | 2 |
congratulatory eagle letter scout | 2 |
bar congratulatory mitzvah speech | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "congratulatory"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | urues. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | تهنيئي. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | поздравителен (complimentary, salutatory). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 祝賀詞 (congratulatory speech). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | blahopřejný. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | de félicitations. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Gratulations..., glückwunsch-, anerkennend (acknowledging, appreciative, appreciatory, approving). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | συγχαρητήριοσ. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | gratuláló, szerencsét kívánó, üdvözlő. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 祝杯 (congratulatory cup, toast). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | がひょう (congratulatory address, congratulatory card or letter sent to the Emperor), がい (cap, congratulatory feeling, cover, criminal investigation, damage, evil influence, harm, hundred quintillion, hundred trillion, injury, lid, meaning of a picture, obstinacy, scythe, self-will, suitability, victory song), しう" (purple congratulatory clouds), しゅくで" (congratulatory telegram), しゅくじ (congratulatory address), しゅくはい (congratulatory cup, toast), しゅうぎ (celebration, congratulations, congratulatory gift, mass meeting, tip), さ"がしゃ (congratulatory visitors), さ"がちょう (congratulatory visitor's book), さ"が (congratulatory palace visit, mountains and rivers, natural surroundings, past and present and future existences), かえ" (blaze, congratulatory banquet, flame, flower garden), いわいもの (congratulatory gift). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | moyllee (commendatory, complimentary). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | ongratulatorycay congratulatório. (various references) de felicitare (complimentary). (various references) поздравительный (complimentary). (various references) čestitajući. (various references) congratulatorio. (various references) lyckönsknings-, gratulations-. (various references) tebrik niteliğinde olan, tebrik (congratulation, felicitation, greeting), kutlama (celebration, commemoration, congratulation, felicitation, gala, greeting, jamboree, Jubilate). (various references) вітальний (complimentary, salutatory, vital). (various references) để khen ngợi (eulogistic, eulogistical), để chúc mừng. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "congratulatory" (pronounced kungra"khulutô'rē) |
| 7 | -u l u t ô' r ē | ambulatory, articulatory, circulatory, oscillatory, regulatory. |
| 6 | -l u t ô' r ē | depilatory, dilatory, revelatory. |
| 5 | -u t ô' r ē | accusatory, aleatory, anticipatory, auditory, celebratory, compensatory, conciliatory, confirmatory, confiscatory, contributory, declaratory, defamatory, depository, derogatory, discriminatory, dormitory, excretory, exculpatory, expiratory, explanatory, exploratory, hallucinatory, incantatory, inflammatory, inhibitory, interrogatory, investigatory, laboratory, laudatory, lavatory, mandatory, migratory, nondiscriminatory, obligatory, observatory, oratory, participatory, predatory, preparatory, prohibitory, purgatory, reformatory, repository, respiratory, retaliatory, signatory, statutory, territory, transitory. |
| 4 | -t ô' r ē | desultory, multistory, repertory, understory. |
| 3 | -ô' r ē | allegory, category, outlawry, promissory. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-c-g-l-n-o-o-r-r-t-t-u-y" | |
-1 letter: congratulator. | |
-3 letters: gratulatory, narratology. | |
-4 letters: arrogantly, coloratura, granulator. | |
-5 letters: cartulary, coagulant, contralto, guarantor, octagonal, tautology. | |
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