Hailing
7 lettersverbmoderateUpdated June 2026
Definition
Present participle of hail: enthusiastically and loudly praising or publicly acclaiming someone or something.
“The crowd was hailing the returning athletes as national heroes.”
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Synonyms
praisingacclaimingapplaudingcheeringsaluting
Antonyms
booingcondemning
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Wordle
Contains AI vowel pair early on. The -ING suffix narrows the pattern considerably.
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Scrabble
Worth 11 points. Common -ING hook, HAIL base word adds flexibility for extensions.
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