Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.
From Middle English overpreisen, equivalent to over- + praise.
Near-synonyms: flattery, glazing
Near-synonyms: overselling, overvaluation
From Middle English overpreisen, equivalent to over- + praise.
Near-synonyms: fawn, overflatter, toady; see also Thesaurus:suck up
There may be a tendency in the gay press to overpraise the film. It is after all a major movie by and about gay people. […] One would think that it is what gays concerned with the media have been waiting for.1978 April 29, Michael Bronski, “Notes on a Necessary Gay Film”, in Gay Community News, page 15:
Those who are overpraised are the worst deceivers.
Near-synonyms: overcelebrate, oversell, overvalue
He was overpraising the restaurant so much that we began to distrust the motivations behind his review.
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| overpraising | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| overpraises | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| overpraised | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| overpraised | Tense=Past | lexicographic |
kowtow · suck up · lick someone's ass · butter up · oversell · overflatter · honey up · toady · fellate · dickride · duchess · toady · overvalue · fawn over · honey around · overcelebrate · overrate · fawn · bow and scrape · kiss someone's ass · overpraise · overflatter · kiss someone's ring · bootlick · apple-polish · fawn · brownnose · lick someone's balls · flannel · kiss up
cmn 捧上天 (praise to an excessive degree) · cmn 過獎 /过奖 (praise to an excessive degree) · cmn 過譽 /过誉 (praise to an excessive degree) · yue 過獎 /过奖 (praise to an excessive degree) · bg прехвалвам (praise to an excessive degree) · ru захва́ливать (praise to an excessive degree) · cmn 謬獎 /谬奖 (praise to an excessive degree) · fi ylimainostaa (praise to an excessive degree)