Associations to the word «Congratulate»

Wiktionary

CONGRATULATE, verb. To express one’s sympathetic pleasure or joy to the person(s) it is felt for

Dictionary definition

CONGRATULATE, verb. Say something to someone that expresses praise; "He complimented her on her last physics paper".
CONGRATULATE, verb. Express congratulations.
CONGRATULATE, verb. Be proud of; "He prides himself on making it into law school".
CONGRATULATE, verb. Pride or congratulate (oneself) for an achievement.

Wise words

Words - so innocent and powerless as they are, as standing in a dictionary, how potent for good and evil they become in the hands of one who knows how to combine them.
Nathaniel Hawthorne