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over-praise
| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | flattery |
| Synonyms: | a line, adulation, baloney, blandishment, cajolery, coaxing, compliments, exaggeration, eyewash, fawning, honey*, incense, ingratiation, inveiglement, oil, overpraise, soft soap, soft words, sweet talk, wheedling |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | overrate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | assign too much value, importance |
| Synonyms: | assess too highly, build up, exaggerate, exceed, expect too much of, magnify, make too much of, overassess, overesteem, overestimate, overpraise, overprize, overreckon, oversell, overvalue, rate too highly, think too highly of, think too much of |
| Antonyms: | underrate, undervalue |
| Main Entry: | puff |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | publicize |
| Synonyms: | admire, advertise, ballyhoo, blow up, build, commend, congratulate, cry*, flatter, hype*, overpraise, plug*, praise, press-agent, promote, push |
| Antonyms: | conceal, hide, secret |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | sweet-talk |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | flatter |
| Synonyms: | adulate, beslaver, blandish, bootlick, brownnose, build up*, butter up, cajole, cater to, charm, con, court, fawn*, get next to, glorify, grovel, honey, humor, inveigle, jolly, lay it on thick, massage, oil, overpraise, play up to, praise, rub the right way, salve, sell, slaver, snow*, soft-soap, soften*, spread it on, stroke, suck up to, sweeten up, toady, wheedle, work on, work over |
* = informal/non-formal usage
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