overpraise

present singular third person overpraises · participle present overpraising · participle past overpraised · past overpraised

1. To praise to an excessive degree.
   1. To do so toward a person.

      Those who are overpraised are the worst deceivers.

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      Near-synonyms: fawn, overflatter, toady; see also Thesaurus:suck up

      There may be a tendency in the gay press to overpraise the film. It is after all a major movie by and about gay people. […] One would think that it is what gays concerned with the media have been waiting for.

      1978 April 29, Michael Bronski, “Notes on a Necessary Gay Film”, in Gay Community News, page 15

      Synonyms: fawn, overflatter, toady, apple-polish, bootlick, bow and scrape, brown-nose, butter up

   2. To do so toward a thing or idea.

      Near-synonyms: overcelebrate, oversell, overvalue

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      He was overpraising the restaurant so much that we began to distrust the motivations behind his review.

      Synonyms: overcelebrate, oversell, overvalue

1. Excessive praise.
   1. uncountableExcessive praise of a person.

      Near-synonyms: flattery, glazing

      Synonyms: flattery, glazing

   2. uncountableExcessive praise of a thing or idea.

      Near-synonyms: overselling, overvaluation

      Synonyms: overselling, overvaluation