Congratulate and Lower

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Congratulate verb - To express to (someone) admiration for his or her success or good fortune.

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Lower is an antonym for congratulate.

Lower verb - To reduce to a lower standing in one's own eyes or in others' eyes.

Usage example: how could you lower yourself by passing off someone else's work as your own?

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Congratulate is an antonym for lower.

Nearby Words: lowered, lowering, lowermost, lowercase

Depending on the character's personnality, if you played at lower levels they'll either congratulate you for completing the game, but encourage you to try the next difficulty level (for the nice chars), or outright taunt you or be angry towards you (for the meaner chars).

Source: Video Game / Lightning Legend: Daigo no Daibouken

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