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buttering upverbpresent participle of butter up to praise too mucha flunky who shamelessly butters up the boss adulating, belauding, blarneying, flattering, hero-worshipping(also hero-worshiping), honeying, massaging, overpraising, puffing, soft-soaping, stroking blandishing, cajoling, coaxing, sweet-talking, wheedlingfawning, kowtowing, sucking (up to), toadyingidolizing, worshipping(also worshiping)eulogizing, extolling, lauding, praisingapplauding, commending, complimentingcongratulating, felicitatingdrooling, gushing, slavering, slobberingendearing, ingratiatingcourting, romancing, wooing bad-mouthing, belittling, decrying, depreciating, disparaging, putting down |