overpraise
101blandish — v flatter, cajole, wheedle, coax, Inf. sweet talk, Inf. soft soap; praise, overpraise, compliment, puff up, inflate [s.o. s] ego, butter [s.o.] up, humor, indulge, pamper; fawn on, curry favor with, Sl. fall all over, toady to, truckle to, Sl.… …
102flatter — v 1. compliment, salute, praise, laud, belaud, extol, exalt, celebrate, glorify, eulogize, panegyrize, adulate, trumpet, cry up, ring or sing [s.o. s] praises; puff, puff up, inflate, magnify, blow up, overpraise, praise to excess, praise to the… …
103flattery — n 1. compliment, salute, praise, laudation; tribute, extolment, exaltation, celebration, glorification; eulogy, eulogium, eulogization, encomium, panegyric, adulation; trumpetry, crying up, ringing or singing [s.o. s] praises, puffery, puffing up …
104inflate — v 1. dilate, distend, overdistend, Obs. suf flate, aerate; swell, bloat, puff out, blow up, pump up, tumefy; expand, overexpand, stretch, stretch out, outstretch; spread, spread out, outspread; grow, wax, fill out, fatten. 2. increase, enlarge,… …
105lay — I v 1. put, place, set, rest, Inf. stick, leave, park, plant; set down, seat, settle; incline, lean. 2. drop, floor, lay low, prostrate; fell, knock or cut or strike down, sink. 3. lodge, submit, present, prefer, bring forward. 4. repose, impute …
106maximize — v 1. increase, enlarge, expand, aggrandize, greaten, amplify, magnify; augment, add to, build up, develop; widen, broaden, distend, inflate, fill out; elongate, protract, draw out, lengthen, stretch. 2. emphasize, overemphasize, play up, overplay …
107overestimate — v 1. overrate, overvalue, over esteem, overprize, exaggerate [s.t. s] worth, make too much of, attach too much importance to, think too much of, expect too much of. 2. overcalculate, overreckon, overcount, over measure, overassess, overpraise. 3 …
108puffery — n 1. undue praise, overpraise, overlauda tion, overcommendation, overrating, overvaluation; trumpetry, crying out, ringing or singing [s.o. s] praises; inflation, inflating, magnification, magnifying, blowing up; All Inf. slathering, overdoing it …
109blarney — [n] flattery adulation, a line*, baloney*, blandishment, cajolery, coaxing, compliments, exaggeration, eyewash*, fawning*, honey*, incense, ingratiation, inveiglement, oil*, overpraise, soft soap*, soft words, sweet talk*, wheedling; concept 69 …
110flatter — [v1] compliment excessively adulate, beslaver, blandish, bootlick*, brownnose*, build up*, butter up*, cajole, cater to, charm, con, court, fawn*, get next to*, glorify, grovel, humor, inveigle, jolly, lay it on thick*, massage, oil*, overpraise …
