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overpraisenoun excessive praisethe piano instructor believes in encouraging her students but avoids any overpraise that might make them complacent adulation, blarney, butter, flannel(British), flattery, incense, 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 to praise too muchproud parents are likely to overpraise their children for their earnest efforts at making handicrafts adulate, belaud, blarney, butter up, flatter, hero-worship, honey, massage, 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 the 14th century |