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noun
Excessive praise.
Excessive praise of a person.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
Synonyms: flattery, glazing
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Excessive praise.
Excessive praise of a thing or idea.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
Synonyms: overselling, overvaluation
Antonyms: none provided
verb
To praise to an excessive degree.
To do so toward a person.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Synonyms: fawn, overflatter, toady, apple-polish, bootlick, bow and scrape, brownnose, butter up, dickride, duchess, fawn over, fellate, flannel, honey around, honey up, kiss someone's ass, kiss someone's ring, kiss up, kowtow, lick someone's ass, lick someone's balls, overpraise, overrate, suck up
Antonyms: none provided
verb
To praise to an excessive degree.
To do so toward a thing or idea.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Synonyms: overcelebrate, oversell, overvalue
Antonyms: none provided
verb
praise excessively
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: overdo, exaggerate
History
From Middle English overpreisen, equivalent to over- + praise.
Across languages
8 source translations are retained for this English entry.
