All overpraise synonyms
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O o noun overpraise
- ingratiation — to establish (oneself or someone else) in the favor or good graces of someone, especially by deliberate effort (usually followed by with): He ingratiated himself with all the guests. She ingratiated her colleagues with her well-researched project proposal.
- eyewash — Cleansing solution for a person’s eye.
- blarney — Blarney is things someone says that are flattering and amusing but probably untrue, and which you think they are only saying in order to please you or to persuade you to do something.
- wheedling — to endeavor to influence (a person) by smooth, flattering, or beguiling words or acts: We wheedled him incessantly, but he would not consent.
- cajolery — persuasion by flattery or promises; wheedling; coaxing.
- fawning — a young deer, especially an unweaned one.
- coaxing — the act of persuading by tenderness, flattery, pleading, etc
verb overpraise
- hyped — to stimulate, excite, or agitate (usually followed by up): She was hyped up at the thought of owning her own car.
- humouring — humor.
- humoring — a comic, absurd, or incongruous quality causing amusement: the humor of a situation.
- overassess — To assess too often.
- lay it on thick — to put or place in a horizontal position or position of rest; set down: to lay a book on a desk.
- jolly — in good spirits; lively; merry: In a moment he was as jolly as ever.
- ballyhoo — You can use ballyhoo to refer to great excitement or anger about something, especially when you disapprove of it because you think it is unnecessary or exaggerated.
- importance — the quality or state of being important; consequence; significance.
- overestimate — to estimate at too high a value, amount, rate, or the like: Don't overestimate the car's trade-in value.
- ballyhooed — a clamorous and vigorous attempt to win customers or advance any cause; blatant advertising or publicity.
- honey — a sweet, viscid fluid produced by bees from the nectar collected from flowers, and stored in nests or hives as food.
- humored — a comic, absurd, or incongruous quality causing amusement: the humor of a situation.
- jollying — Present participle of jolly.
- flatter — to make flat.
- honied — containing, consisting of, or resembling honey: honeyed drinks.
- hyping — to stimulate, excite, or agitate (usually followed by up): She was hyped up at the thought of owning her own car.
- jollies — in good spirits; lively; merry: In a moment he was as jolly as ever.
- overestimated — Simple past tense and past participle of overestimate.