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blarneynoun excessive praiselaid the blarney on thick in order to get special treatment from the waitress adulation, butter, flannel(British), flattery, incense, overpraise, soft soap, sweet talk, taffy allurements, blandishments, endearmentscaresses, compliments, congratulations, felicitations, greetings, regards, respectsadoration, idolatry, worshipfawning, sycophancy, toadyingcajolement, cajolery, ingratiation, smarmacclaim, applause, commendation, praise bad-mouthing, belittlement, depreciation, detraction, disparagement, put-down language, behavior, or ideas that are absurd and contrary to good sensehis excuse was his usual blarney about how he'd love to help out but he was just so darned busy applesauce(slang), balderdash, baloney(also boloney), beans, bilge, blah(also blah-blah), blather, blatherskite, blither, bosh, bull(slang), bunk, bunkum(or buncombe), claptrap, codswallop(British), crapola(slang), crock, drivel, drool, fiddle, fiddle-faddle, fiddlesticks, flannel(British), flapdoodle, folderol(also falderal), folly, foolishness, fudge, garbage, guff, hogwash, hokeypokey, hokum, hoodoo, hooey, horsefeathers(slang), humbug, humbuggery, jazz, malarkey(also malarky), moonshine, muck, nerts(slang), nonsense, nuts, piffle, poppycock, punk, rot, rubbish, senselessness, silliness, slush, stupidity, taradiddle(or tarradiddle), tommyrot, tosh, trash, trumpery, twaddle absurdity, asininity, fatuity, foolery, idiocy, imbecility, inaneness, inanity, insanity, kookiness, lunacyabsurdness, craziness, madness, witlessnesshoity-toity, monkey business, monkeyshine(s), shenanigan(s), tomfoolerygas, hot air, rigmarole(also rigamarole)double-talk, greek, hocus-pocus levelheadedness, rationality, reasonability, reasonableness, sensiblenesscommon sense, horse sense, sensediscernment, judgment(or judgement), wisdom blarneyverbto get (someone) to do something by gentle urging, special attention, or flatteryattendants at the nursing home sometimes have to blarney the patients to take their medicine blandish, cajole, coax, palaver, soft-soap, sweet-talk, wheedle adulate, flatter, overpraisebutter up, charm, massage, woobeg, beseech, importune, urgebeguile, cozen, finagle, juggle, wangle, wileentice, lure, seduce, tempt bug, harass, nag, pester, teasebrowbeat, bulldoze, bully, cow, intimidatecoerce, compel, constrain, demand, force, make, oblige, require to praise too muchan eager, young assistant who blarneys the boss shamelessly adulate, belaud, butter up, flatter, hero-worship, honey, massage, overpraise, puff, soft-soap, stroke blandish, cajole, coax, sweet-talk, wheedlefawn, kowtow, suck (up to), toadyidolize, worshipeulogize, extol(also extoll), laud, praiseapplaud, commend, complimentcongratulate, felicitatedrool, gush, slaver, slobberendear, ingratiatecourt, romance, woo bad-mouth, belittle, decry, depreciate, disparage, put down in 1780 |