Definition of Congratulate

Congratulate

To address with expressions of sympathetic pleasure on account of some happy event affecting the person addressed; to wish joy to.

To express of feel sympathetic joy; as, to congratulate with one's country.

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Congratulate Quotations

We sometimes congratulate ourselves at the moment of waking from a troubled dream; it may be so the moment after death.
Nathaniel Hawthorne

Look, don't congratulate us when we buy a company, congratulate us when we sell it. Because any fool can overpay and buy a company, as long as money will last to buy it.
Henry Kravis

I'd like to congratulate myself, and thank myself, and give myself a big pat on the back.
Dee Dee Ramone

I never knew whether to pity or congratulate a man on coming to his senses.
William Makepeace Thackeray

Just two weeks ago, millions of Iraqis defied the threats of terrorists and went to the polls to determine their own future. I congratulate the Iraqi people for the courage they've shown in making these elections so successful.
Bill Frist

One thing I congratulate everyone on is the great explosion which has occurred in Washington's Black House and the very important scandal which has gripped leaders of America.
Ayatollah Khomeini

But, as always, Mr. Rooney would come over and shake your hand and congratulate you on a good game, no matter what the situation was.
Franco Harris

I congratulate you, my brave countrymen and fellow soldiers, on the spirit and success with which you have executed this important part of our enterprise.
James Wolfe

To congratulate oneself on one's warm commitment to the environment, or to peace, or to the oppressed, and think no more is a profound moral fault.
Robert Conquest

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Congratulate Translations

congratulate in Danish is gratulere
congratulate in Dutch is gelukwensen, feliciteren
congratulate in Finnish is onnitella
congratulate in Italian is felicitarsi, congratularsi
congratulate in Latin is gratulor
congratulate in Norwegian is gratulere
congratulate in Portuguese is felicite
congratulate in Spanish is gratular, congratular, felicitar

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