adulate, belaud, blarney, 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