say it: LAW-duh-buhl
laudable is an adjective meaning "worthy of high praise". It carries one recorded sense.
worthy of high praise
“applaudable efforts to save the environment”
“a commendable sense of purpose”
“laudable motives of improving housing conditions”
“a significant and praiseworthy increase in computer intelligence”
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for laudable come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.