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excessive praise
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exalt
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raise in rank, character, or status; "exalted the humble shoemaker to the rank of King's adviser"
related words >
acclaim
,
accord respect to
,
add to
,
admire
,
adore
,
adulate
,
advance
,
aggrandize
,
amplify
,
animate
,
apotheose
,
apotheosize
,
appreciate
,
arouse
,
augment
,
awaken
,
beatify
,
belaud
,
bepraise
,
bless
,
bless the Lord
,
blow up
,
boast of
,
boost
,
brag about
,
broaden
,
build
,
build up
,
canonize
,
celebrate
,
cleanse
,
consecrate
,
crown
,
cry up
,
dedicate
,
deepen
,
defer to
,
deify
,
devote
,
dignify
,
distinguish
,
doxologize
,
elate
,
electrify
,
elevate
,
emblazon
,
encourage
,
enhance
,
enlarge
,
ennoble
,
enshrine
,
entertain respect for
,
enthrone
,
erect
,
esteem
,
eulogize
,
excite
,
expand
,
extend
,
extol
,
fatten
,
favor
,
fill out
,
fire
,
flatter
,
flush
,
glamorize
,
glorify
,
glorify the Lord
,
graduate
,
hallow
,
heighten
,
hero-worship
,
hike
,
hike up
,
hold in esteem
,
hold in reverence
,
honor
,
hymn
,
idolize
,
immortalize
,
increase
,
inflate
,
inform
,
inspire
,
inspirit
,
intensify
,
jack up
,
jump up
,
kick upstairs
,
knight
,
laud
,
lengthen
,
lift
,
lionize
,
look up to
,
magnify
,
make legendary
,
make much of
,
maximize
,
overpraise
,
panegyrize
,
parlay
,
pass
,
pay tribute
,
pedestal
,
pique
,
porter aux nues
,
praise
,
praise God
,
prefer
,
prize
,
promote
,
puff
,
puff up
,
purify
,
put up
,
pyramid
,
quicken
,
raise
,
regard
,
respect
,
revere
,
reverence
,
saint
,
salute
,
sanctify
,
set apart
,
set up
,
sharpen
,
sing praises
,
spirit up
,
spur
,
stimulate
,
stir up
,
sublime
,
thicken
,
think highly of
,
think much of
,
think well of
,
throne
,
trumpet
,
up
,
upgrade
,
uplift
,
upraise
,
venerate
,
worship
indignity
collapse
an affront to one's dignity or self-esteem
related words >
abuse
,
affront
,
aspersion
,
atrocity
,
belittling
,
brickbat
,
comedown
,
contempt
,
contumely
,
cut
,
decrial
,
depreciation
,
derogation
,
despite
,
detraction
,
disapproval
,
discourtesy
,
discrediting
,
disgrace
,
dishonor
,
disparagement
,
disrespect
,
dump
,
enormity
,
faint praise
,
flout
,
flouting
,
gibe
,
grievance
,
humiliation
,
injury
,
injustice
,
insult
,
jeer
,
jeering
,
knocking
,
lukewarm support
,
minimizing
,
mock
,
mockery
,
obloquy
,
offense
,
outrage
,
put-down
,
putting down
,
reproach
,
scoff
,
scorn
,
scurrility
,
slap
,
slight
,
slighting
,
snub
,
sour grapes
,
taunt
,
uncomplimentary remark
,
wrong
lionize
collapse
assign great social importance to; "The film director was celebrated all over Hollywood"; "The tenor was lionized in Vienna"
related words >
adulate
,
aggrandize
,
apotheose
,
apotheosize
,
beatify
,
belaud
,
bepraise
,
bless
,
blow up
,
boast of
,
brag about
,
canonize
,
celebrate
,
crown
,
cry up
,
deify
,
elevate
,
emblazon
,
ennoble
,
enshrine
,
enthrone
,
eulogize
,
exalt
,
extol
,
flatter
,
glamorize
,
glorify
,
go slumming
,
hero-worship
,
idolize
,
immortalize
,
laud
,
magnify
,
make legendary
,
make much of
,
overpraise
,
panegyrize
,
pay tribute
,
porter aux nues
,
praise
,
puff
,
puff up
,
raise
,
rubberneck
,
saint
,
salute
,
sanctify
,
see the lions
,
see the sights
,
set up
,
sight-see
,
throne
,
trumpet
,
uplift
wheedle
collapse
influence or urge by gentle urging, caressing, or flattering; "He palavered her into going along"
related words >
adulate
,
advocate
,
apply pressure
,
banter
,
beset
,
besiege
,
beslobber
,
beslubber
,
blandish
,
blarney
,
bug
,
buttonhole
,
cajole
,
call on
,
call upon
,
coax
,
compliment
,
con
,
conceit
,
dun
,
exert pressure
,
exhort
,
fawn upon
,
flatter
,
high-pressure
,
importune
,
insist
,
insist upon
,
jawbone
,
lobby
,
make fair weather
,
nag
,
nag at
,
oil the tongue
,
palaver
,
pester
,
plague
,
plead with
,
ply
,
praise
,
press
,
pressure
,
push
,
recommend
,
slobber over
,
soft-soap
,
sweet-talk
,
tease
,
urge
,
work on
flawless
collapse
without a flaw; "a flawless gemstone"
related words >
OK
,
absolute
,
accurate
,
all right
,
beyond all praise
,
chaste
,
clean
,
correct
,
dead right
,
defectless
,
demonstrable
,
entire
,
errorless
,
exquisite
,
faultless
,
foolproof
,
ideal
,
immaculate
,
impeccable
,
indefectible
,
indefective
,
infallible
,
intact
,
irrefutable
,
irreproachable
,
just
,
just right
,
letter-perfect
,
meticulous
,
model
,
okay
,
peerless
,
perfect
,
pristine
,
proper
,
pure
,
right
,
sinless
,
sound
,
spotless
,
stainless
,
straight
,
straight-up-and-down
,
taintless
,
unadulterated
,
unassailable
,
unblemished
,
unbroken
,
uncontaminated
,
uncorrupted
,
undamaged
,
undeniable
,
unfaultable
,
unflawed
,
unimpaired
,
unimpeachable
,
unmarred
,
unmixed
,
unquestionable
,
unsoiled
,
unspotted
,
unsullied
,
untainted
,
untarnished
,
virgin
,
whole
hallelujah
collapse
a shout or song of praise to God
related words >
Agnus Dei
,
Benedicite
,
Gloria
,
Gloria Patri
,
Gloria in Excelsis
,
Introit
,
Magnificat
,
Miserere
,
Nunc Dimittis
,
Te Deum
,
Trisagion
,
Vedic hymn
,
alleluia
,
answer
,
anthem
,
antiphon
,
antiphony
,
applause
,
canticle
,
chant
,
cheer
,
chorale
,
chorus of cheers
,
cry
,
doxology
,
hooray
,
hosanna
,
hurrah
,
hurray
,
huzzah
,
hymn
,
hymn of praise
,
hymnody
,
hymnography
,
hymnology
,
laud
,
mantra
,
motet
,
offertory
,
offertory sentence
,
paean
,
psalm
,
psalmody
,
rah
,
report
,
response
,
responsory
,
shout
,
versicle
,
yell
,
yippee
hosanna
collapse
a cry of praise or adoration (to God)
related words >
Agnus Dei
,
Benedicite
,
Gloria
,
Gloria Patri
,
Gloria in Excelsis
,
Introit
,
Magnificat
,
Miserere
,
Nunc Dimittis
,
Te Deum
,
Trisagion
,
Vedic hymn
,
alleluia
,
answer
,
anthem
,
antiphon
,
antiphony
,
applause
,
canticle
,
chant
,
cheer
,
chorale
,
chorus of cheers
,
cry
,
doxology
,
hallelujah
,
hooray
,
hurrah
,
hurray
,
huzzah
,
hymn
,
hymn of praise
,
hymnody
,
hymnography
,
hymnology
,
laud
,
mantra
,
motet
,
offertory
,
offertory sentence
,
paean
,
psalm
,
psalmody
,
rah
,
report
,
response
,
responsory
,
shout
,
versicle
,
yell
,
yippee
alleluia
collapse
related words >
Agnus Dei
,
Benedicite
,
Gloria
,
Gloria Patri
,
Gloria in Excelsis
,
Introit
,
Magnificat
,
Miserere
,
Nunc Dimittis
,
Te Deum
,
Trisagion
,
Vedic hymn
,
answer
,
anthem
,
antiphon
,
antiphony
,
applause
,
canticle
,
chant
,
cheer
,
chorale
,
chorus of cheers
,
cry
,
doxology
,
hallelujah
,
hooray
,
hosanna
,
hurrah
,
hurray
,
huzzah
,
hymn
,
hymn of praise
,
hymnody
,
hymnography
,
hymnology
,
laud
,
mantra
,
motet
,
offertory
,
offertory sentence
,
paean
,
psalm
,
psalmody
,
rah
,
report
,
response
,
responsory
,
shout
,
versicle
,
yell
,
yippee
overdeveloped
collapse
related words >
a bit much
,
abandoned
,
blooming
,
blossoming
,
boundless
,
budding
,
burgeoning
,
crescent
,
developed
,
egregious
,
enormous
,
exaggerated
,
excessive
,
exorbitant
,
extravagant
,
extreme
,
fabulous
,
fancy
,
florescent
,
flourishing
,
flowering
,
full-fledged
,
full-grown
,
fully developed
,
gigantic
,
gluttonous
,
growing
,
grown
,
grown-up
,
high
,
hyperbolic
,
hypertrophied
,
immoderate
,
incontinent
,
inordinate
,
intemperate
,
mature
,
monstrous
,
out of bounds
,
out of sight
,
outrageous
,
outsize
,
outsized
,
overbig
,
overfed
,
overgreat
,
overgrown
,
overlarge
,
overmuch
,
oversized
,
overweening
,
overweight
,
sprouting
,
steep
,
stiff
,
thriving
,
too big
,
too much
,
unbridled
,
unconscionable
,
undue
,
unreasonable
,
unrestrained
exaggerated
collapse
enlarged beyond truth or reasonableness; "had an exaggerated (or inflated) opinion of himself"; "a hyperbolic style"
enlarged to an abnormal degree; "thick lenses exaggerated the size of her eyes"
represented as greater than is true or reasonable; "an exaggerated opinion of oneself"
related words >
a bit much
,
abandoned
,
aggrandized
,
amplified
,
ballyhooed
,
boundless
,
disproportionate
,
egregious
,
enormous
,
excessive
,
exorbitant
,
extravagant
,
extreme
,
fabulous
,
fancy
,
gigantic
,
gluttonous
,
grandiloquent
,
high
,
high-flown
,
hyperbolic
,
hypertrophied
,
immoderate
,
incontinent
,
inflated
,
inordinate
,
intemperate
,
magnified
,
monstrous
,
out of bounds
,
out of sight
,
outrageous
,
overbig
,
overdeveloped
,
overdone
,
overdrawn
,
overemphasized
,
overemphatic
,
overestimated
,
overgreat
,
overgrown
,
overlarge
,
overmuch
,
overpraised
,
overrated
,
oversold
,
overstated
,
overstressed
,
overvalued
,
overweening
,
overwrought
,
prodigal
,
profuse
,
puffed
,
puffed up
,
steep
,
stiff
,
stretched
,
superlative
,
too much
,
touted
,
unbridled
,
unconscionable
,
undue
,
unreasonable
,
unrestrained
self-indulgent
collapse
indulgent of your own appetites and desires; "a self-indulgent...way of looking at life"- Havelock Ellis
related words >
acquisitive
,
ambitious for self
,
autistic
,
bibulous
,
careerist
,
crapulent
,
crapulous
,
debauching
,
dissipating
,
dissolute
,
egotistical
,
epicurean
,
excessive
,
extravagant
,
extreme
,
gluttonous
,
grasping
,
greedy
,
hedonistic
,
immoderate
,
incontinent
,
individualistic
,
indulgent
,
inordinate
,
intemperate
,
licentious
,
narcissistic
,
overindulgent
,
overindulging
,
personalistic
,
pleasure-seeking
,
possessive
,
privatistic
,
prodigal
,
profligate
,
remote
,
self-absorbed
,
self-admiring
,
self-advancing
,
self-besot
,
self-centered
,
self-considerative
,
self-contained
,
self-devoted
,
self-esteeming
,
self-interested
,
self-jealous
,
self-occupied
,
self-pleasing
,
self-seeking
,
self-serving
,
self-sufficient
,
selfish
,
sensual
,
swinish
,
sybaritic
,
too much
,
unbridled
,
unconstrained
,
uncontrolled
,
undisciplined
,
unfrugal
,
unlimited
,
unmeasured
,
unrestrained
,
unthrifty
extortionate
collapse
related words >
all-devouring
,
all-engulfing
,
arousing
,
bloodsucking
,
clamant
,
clamorous
,
crying
,
cutthroat
,
demanding
,
draining
,
educible
,
eductive
,
elicitory
,
eradicative
,
evocative
,
exacting
,
exactive
,
excessive
,
exigent
,
exorbitant
,
extortionary
,
extortive
,
extractive
,
extravagant
,
fancy
,
gouging
,
grabby
,
grasping
,
grossly overpriced
,
immoderate
,
importunate
,
inflationary
,
inordinate
,
insistent
,
instant
,
loud
,
lupine
,
out of bounds
,
out of sight
,
outrageous
,
overpriced
,
parasitic
,
persistent
,
pertinacious
,
predacious
,
predatory
,
preposterous
,
pressing
,
prohibitive
,
rapacious
,
raptorial
,
ravening
,
ravenous
,
sharkish
,
skyrocketing
,
spiraling
,
taxing
,
unconscionable
,
undue
,
unreasonable
,
unwarranted
,
uprooting
,
urgent
,
usurious
,
vulturine
,
vulturous
,
wolfish
prohibitive
collapse
tending to discourage (especially of prices); "the price was prohibitive"
related words >
abusive
,
criminal
,
cutthroat
,
dear
,
deterrent
,
deterring
,
discouraging
,
ethnocentric
,
exacting
,
exceptional
,
excessive
,
excluding
,
exclusive
,
exclusory
,
exorbitant
,
extortionate
,
extravagant
,
fancy
,
forbidding
,
forestalling
,
gouging
,
grossly overpriced
,
high
,
immoderate
,
inadmissible
,
inflationary
,
inhibitive
,
inhibitory
,
inordinate
,
insular
,
insupportable
,
interdictive
,
interdictory
,
narrow
,
out of bounds
,
out of sight
,
outlandish
,
outrageous
,
overpriced
,
parochial
,
preclusive
,
preposterous
,
prescriptive
,
preventative
,
preventive
,
prohibiting
,
prohibitory
,
prophylactic
,
proscriptive
,
repressive
,
restraining
,
restrictive
,
seclusive
,
segregative
,
select
,
selective
,
separative
,
skyrocketing
,
snobbish
,
spiraling
,
suppressive
,
unconscionable
,
undue
,
unreasonable
,
unwarranted
,
usurious
,
xenophobic
bouquet
collapse
an arrangement of flowers that is usually given as a present
a pleasingly sweet olfactory property
related words >
TL
,
aroma
,
arrangement
,
bale
,
balm
,
balminess
,
bindle
,
bolt
,
boughpot
,
boutonniere
,
budget
,
bunch
,
bundle
,
buttonhole
,
chaplet
,
commendation
,
compliment
,
compliments
,
corsage
,
deck
,
fagot
,
fardel
,
fasces
,
fascine
,
festoon
,
flattering remark
,
flower arrangement
,
fragrance
,
fragrancy
,
fruitiness
,
garland
,
incense
,
lei
,
muskiness
,
nosegay
,
odor
,
orchids
,
pack
,
package
,
packet
,
parcel
,
perfume
,
polite commendation
,
posy
,
praise
,
quiver
,
redolence
,
roll
,
rouleau
,
scent
,
sheaf
,
spice
,
spiciness
,
spray
,
sweet savor
,
sweet smell
,
trade-last
,
truss
,
wreath
overlarge
collapse
excessively large
related words >
a bit much
,
abandoned
,
aggrandized
,
amplified
,
ballyhooed
,
boundless
,
disproportionate
,
egregious
,
enormous
,
exaggerated
,
excessive
,
exorbitant
,
extravagant
,
extreme
,
fabulous
,
fancy
,
gigantic
,
gluttonous
,
grandiloquent
,
high
,
high-flown
,
hyperbolic
,
hypertrophied
,
immoderate
,
incontinent
,
inflated
,
inordinate
,
intemperate
,
magnified
,
monstrous
,
out of bounds
,
out of sight
,
outrageous
,
outsize
,
outsized
,
overbig
,
overdeveloped
,
overdone
,
overdrawn
,
overemphasized
,
overemphatic
,
overestimated
,
overfed
,
overgreat
,
overgrown
,
overmuch
,
overpraised
,
oversized
,
oversold
,
overstated
,
overstressed
,
overweening
,
overweight
,
overwrought
,
prodigal
,
profuse
,
puffed
,
steep
,
stiff
,
stretched
,
superlative
,
too big
,
too much
,
touted
,
unbridled
,
unconscionable
,
undue
,
unreasonable
,
unrestrained
superfluous
collapse
related words >
accessory
,
accidental
,
additional
,
adscititious
,
adventitious
,
aimless
,
appurtenant
,
ascititious
,
auxiliary
,
casual
,
circumstantial
,
collateral
,
contingent
,
de trop
,
dispensable
,
excess
,
excessive
,
expendable
,
expletive
,
extra
,
feckless
,
fortuitous
,
gratuitous
,
impotent
,
in excess
,
incidental
,
ineffective
,
ineffectual
,
inessential
,
left
,
leftover
,
meaningless
,
needless
,
net
,
no go
,
nonessential
,
odd
,
of no use
,
outstanding
,
over
,
pleonastic
,
pointless
,
prolix
,
purposeless
,
redundant
,
remaining
,
remanent
,
secondary
,
spare
,
subsidiary
,
superabundant
,
superadded
,
supererogatory
,
supernumerary
,
supervenient
,
supplemental
,
supplementary
,
surplus
,
surviving
,
tautologic
,
tautologous
,
to spare
,
unasked
,
unavailing
,
uncalled-for
,
unconsumed
,
unessential
,
unnecessary
,
unneeded
,
unused
,
unwanted
,
useless
,
verbose
redundant
collapse
related words >
abundant
,
battological
,
circumlocutory
,
copious
,
de trop
,
diffuse
,
diffusive
,
dispensable
,
duplicative
,
echoic
,
echoing
,
effusive
,
excess
,
excessive
,
expendable
,
expletive
,
extra
,
extravagant
,
exuberant
,
fecund
,
formless
,
gratuitous
,
gushing
,
gushy
,
imitative
,
in excess
,
inessential
,
iterative
,
long-winded
,
needless
,
nonessential
,
overflowing
,
parrotlike
,
pleonastic
,
prodigal
,
productive
,
profuse
,
profusive
,
prolific
,
prolix
,
recapitulative
,
reduplicative
,
reechoing
,
reiterant
,
reiterative
,
repeating
,
repetitional
,
repetitionary
,
repetitious
,
repetitive
,
roundabout
,
spare
,
superabundant
,
supererogatory
,
superfluous
,
supernumerary
,
surplus
,
tautologic
,
tautological
,
tautologous
,
teeming
,
to spare
,
uncalled-for
,
unessential
,
unnecessary
,
unneeded
,
unwanted
,
verbose
,
windy
,
wordy
splitting
collapse
related words >
abscission
,
acute
,
amputation
,
apportionment
,
budgeting
,
butchering
,
catalysis
,
catalyst
,
chopping
,
cleavage
,
cutting
,
cutting the pie
,
decay
,
dialysis
,
dichotomy
,
dissociation
,
dividing
,
division
,
divvy
,
drastic
,
enucleation
,
excessive
,
excision
,
exorbitant
,
extravagant
,
extreme
,
fierce
,
fission
,
furious
,
great
,
hydrolysis
,
hydrolyst
,
immoderate
,
intemperate
,
intense
,
keen
,
laceration
,
mutilation
,
outrageous
,
parceling
,
partition
,
partitioning
,
photolysis
,
piercing
,
portioning
,
rationing
,
rending
,
repartition
,
resection
,
rigorous
,
ripping
,
rough
,
scission
,
section
,
severance
,
severe
,
sharing
,
sharing out
,
sharp
,
slashing
,
slicing
,
surgery
,
tearing
,
thermolysis
,
tough
,
unconscionable
,
vehement
,
venomous
,
violent
,
virulent
slaver
collapse
a person engaged in slave trade
related words >
adulate
,
apple-polish
,
babble
,
be insane
,
beslobber
,
beslubber
,
blandish
,
bootlick
,
cajole
,
compliment
,
conceit
,
cower
,
cringe
,
dote
,
dribble
,
drivel
,
drool
,
expectorate
,
expectoration
,
fawn upon
,
flatter
,
foam
,
froth
,
grovel
,
have a demon
,
hawk
,
kowtow
,
make fair weather
,
mouth-watering
,
nonsense
,
oil the tongue
,
palaver
,
panderer
,
piffle
,
pimp
,
praise
,
ptyalism
,
rage
,
ramble
,
rant
,
rave
,
rubbish
,
run amok
,
run mad
,
saliva
,
salivate
,
salivation
,
sialagogue
,
slabber
,
slobber
,
slobber over
,
spew
,
spit
,
spittle
,
sputum
,
toady
,
truckle
,
twaddle
,
wander
,
water
,
wheedle
unexceptionable
collapse
completely acceptable; not open to exception or reproach; "two unexceptionable witnesses"; "a judge's ethics should be unexceptionable"
related words >
OK
,
above suspicion
,
acceptable
,
adequate
,
admirable
,
admissible
,
agreeable
,
all right
,
alright
,
believable
,
better than nothing
,
beyond all praise
,
colorable
,
commendable
,
common
,
conceivable
,
credible
,
creditable
,
decent
,
deserving
,
estimable
,
exemplary
,
fair
,
fairish
,
fiduciary
,
good enough
,
goodish
,
inculpable
,
irreprehensible
,
irreproachable
,
irreprovable
,
laudable
,
meritorious
,
model
,
moderate
,
not amiss
,
not bad
,
not half bad
,
not so bad
,
okay
,
passable
,
plausible
,
praiseworthy
,
presentable
,
pretty good
,
reliable
,
respectable
,
satisfactory
,
sufficient
,
tenable
,
tidy
,
tolerable
,
trustworthy
,
trusty
,
unarraignable
,
unblamable
,
unblameworthy
,
uncensurable
,
unexceptional
,
unimpeachable
,
unindictable
,
unobjectionable
,
unquestionable
,
viable
,
well-deserving
,
workmanlike
,
worthy
,
worthy of faith
magnify
collapse
increase in size, volume or significance; "Her terror was magnified in her mind"
related words >
accelerate
,
add to
,
adulate
,
agent provocateur
,
aggrandize
,
aggravate
,
amplify
,
annoy
,
apotheose
,
apotheosize
,
augment
,
ballyhoo
,
beatify
,
beef up
,
belaud
,
bepraise
,
bless
,
bless the Lord
,
bloat
,
blow up
,
boast of
,
boost
,
brag about
,
broaden
,
build
,
build up
,
bulk
,
bulk out
,
burlesque
,
canonize
,
caricature
,
carry too far
,
celebrate
,
color
,
complicate
,
concentrate
,
condense
,
consolidate
,
crescendo
,
crown
,
cry up
,
deepen
,
deify
,
deteriorate
,
develop
,
dignify
,
dilate
,
distend
,
distinguish
,
double
,
doxologize
,
dramatize
,
draw the longbow
,
elevate
,
embellish
,
embitter
,
emblazon
,
enhance
,
enlarge
,
ennoble
,
enshrine
,
enthrone
,
erect
,
eulogize
,
exacerbate
,
exaggerate
,
exalt
,
exasperate
,
expand
,
extend
,
extol
,
flatter
,
fudge
,
glamorize
,
glorify
,
glorify the Lord
,
go to extremes
,
heat up
,
heighten
,
hero-worship
,
hike
,
hike up
,
honor
,
hop up
,
hot up
,
huff
,
hymn
,
hyperbolize
,
idolize
,
immortalize
,
increase
,
inflate
,
intensify
,
irritate
,
jazz up
,
key up
,
laud
,
lay it on
,
lionize
,
make acute
,
make complex
,
make legendary
,
make much of
,
make worse
,
maximize
,
mount
,
multiply
,
overcharge
,
overdo
,
overdraw
,
overemphasize
,
overestimate
,
overpaint
,
overpraise
,
overreach
,
overreact
,
oversell
,
overspeak
,
overstate
,
overstress
,
pad
,
panegyrize
,
pay tribute
,
pile it on
,
porter aux nues
,
praise
,
praise God
,
provoke
,
puff
,
puff up
,
pump
,
pump up
,
raise
,
ramify
,
rarefy
,
redouble
,
reinforce
,
rouse
,
saint
,
salute
,
sanctify
,
set up
,
sharpen
,
sing praises
,
soup up
,
sour
,
step up
,
strengthen
,
stretch
,
stretch the truth
,
sublime
,
sufflate
,
swell
,
talk big
,
talk in superlatives
,
throne
,
tout
,
travesty
,
triple
,
trumpet
,
up
,
uplift
,
uprear
,
vise
,
whet
,
widen
,
worsen
ovation
collapse
enthusiastic recognition (especially one accompanied by loud applause)
related words >
acclaim
,
acclamation
,
anniversaries
,
applause
,
big hand
,
burst of applause
,
celebrating
,
celebration
,
ceremony
,
cheer
,
cheering
,
cheers
,
clap
,
clapping
,
clapping of hands
,
commemoration
,
dressing ship
,
eclat
,
encore
,
fanfare
,
fanfaronade
,
festivity
,
flourish of trumpets
,
hand
,
handclap
,
handclapping
,
holiday
,
jubilee
,
kudos
,
laudation
,
marking the occasion
,
memorialization
,
memory
,
observance
,
plaudit
,
plaudits
,
popularity
,
praise
,
rejoicing
,
religious rites
,
remembrance
,
revel
,
rite
,
ritual observance
,
round of applause
,
salute
,
salvo
,
solemn observance
,
solemnization
,
testimonial
,
testimonial banquet
,
testimonial dinner
,
thunder of applause
,
toast
,
tribute
,
triumph
faultless
collapse
without fault or error; "faultless logic"; "speaks impeccable French"; "timing and technique were immaculate"; "an immaculate record"
related words >
OK
,
absolute
,
accurate
,
all right
,
angelic
,
beyond all praise
,
blameless
,
chaste
,
childlike
,
clean
,
clear
,
correct
,
dead right
,
defectless
,
dovelike
,
entire
,
errorless
,
exemplary
,
exquisite
,
flawless
,
foolproof
,
guiltless
,
ideal
,
immaculate
,
impeccable
,
in the clear
,
incorrupt
,
inculpable
,
indefectible
,
indefective
,
infallible
,
innocent
,
intact
,
irreproachable
,
just
,
just right
,
lamblike
,
letter-perfect
,
meticulous
,
not guilty
,
offenseless
,
okay
,
peerless
,
perfect
,
prelapsarian
,
pristine
,
proper
,
pure
,
reproachless
,
right
,
sans reproche
,
sinless
,
spotless
,
stainless
,
straight
,
straight-up-and-down
,
taintless
,
unadulterated
,
unblemished
,
uncontaminated
,
uncorrupted
,
undefiled
,
unfallen
,
unfaultable
,
unimpeachable
,
unlapsed
,
unmixed
,
unspotted
,
untainted
,
untouched by evil
,
whole
,
with clean hands
,
without reproach
sycophancy
collapse
fawning obsequiousness
related words >
adulation
,
apple-polishing
,
ass-kissing
,
backbiting
,
backscratching
,
backstabbing
,
belittlement
,
blandishment
,
blarney
,
bootlicking
,
brown-nosing
,
bunkum
,
cajolement
,
cajolery
,
calumny
,
compliment
,
cringing
,
defamation
,
depreciation
,
disparagement
,
eyewash
,
fair words
,
fawnery
,
fawning
,
flattery
,
flunkyism
,
footlicking
,
grease
,
groveling
,
handshaking
,
honeyed phrases
,
honeyed words
,
incense
,
ingratiation
,
insinuation
,
mealymouthedness
,
obeisance
,
obsequiousness
,
oil
,
palaver
,
parasitism
,
praise
,
pretty lies
,
prostration
,
scandal
,
slander
,
soap
,
soft soap
,
sponging
,
sweet nothings
,
sweet talk
,
sweet words
,
timeserving
,
toadeating
,
toadying
,
toadyism
,
truckling
,
tufthunting
,
wheedling
puff up
collapse
make larger or distend; "The estimates were puffed up"
related words >
add to
,
adulate
,
aggrandize
,
amplify
,
apotheosize
,
augment
,
balloon
,
belaud
,
bepraise
,
bless
,
bloat
,
blow up
,
boast of
,
brag about
,
broaden
,
build
,
build up
,
bulk
,
bulk out
,
celebrate
,
crescendo
,
cry up
,
deify
,
develop
,
dilate
,
distend
,
emblazon
,
enlarge
,
eulogize
,
exalt
,
expand
,
extend
,
extol
,
fill out
,
flatter
,
glorify
,
greaten
,
hero-worship
,
hike
,
hike up
,
huff
,
idolize
,
increase
,
inflate
,
laud
,
lionize
,
magnify
,
make much of
,
overpraise
,
panegyrize
,
pay tribute
,
porter aux nues
,
praise
,
puff
,
pump
,
pump up
,
raise
,
rarefy
,
salute
,
snowball
,
stretch
,
sufflate
,
swell
,
trumpet
,
tumefy
,
up
,
widen
applaud
collapse
express approval of; "I applaud your efforts"
clap one's hands or shout after performances to indicate approval
related words >
abide by
,
accede
,
accept
,
acclaim
,
acquiesce
,
acquiesce in
,
agree
,
agree to
,
agree with
,
approve
,
assent
,
boost
,
buy
,
cheer
,
cheer on
,
clap
,
clap the hands
,
commend
,
compliment
,
comply
,
consent
,
cry
,
cry for joy
,
encore
,
eulogize
,
extol
,
give a cheer
,
give a hand
,
give the nod
,
glorify
,
hail
,
hear it for
,
hold with
,
hooray
,
hurrah
,
hurray
,
huzzah
,
in toto
,
laud
,
magnify
,
nod
,
nod assent
,
panegyrize
,
plug
,
praise
,
receive
,
recommend
,
root
,
root for
,
shout
,
shout hosanna
,
subscribe to
,
take kindly to
,
vote for
,
welcome
,
yell
,
yes
,
yield assent
novena
collapse
a Roman Catholic devotion consisting of prayers on nine consecutive days
related words >
Mass
,
Nina from Carolina
,
bedtime prayer
,
camp meeting
,
church
,
church service
,
compline
,
devotions
,
divine service
,
duty
,
ennead
,
enneastyle
,
evening devotions
,
evensong
,
exercises
,
lauds
,
liturgy
,
matins
,
meeting
,
morning devotions
,
night song
,
nine
,
nonage
,
nonagon
,
none
,
nones
,
nonuplet
,
office
,
praise meeting
,
prayer
,
prayer meeting
,
prayers
,
prime
,
prime song
,
public worship
,
revival
,
revival meeting
,
service
,
sext
,
tent meeting
,
tierce
,
undersong
,
vesper
,
vespers
,
vigils
,
watch meeting
,
watch night
,
watch-night service
amplified
collapse
related words >
accelerated
,
aggrandized
,
aggravated
,
ampliate
,
annoyed
,
augmented
,
ballyhooed
,
beefed-up
,
bloated
,
boosted
,
broadened
,
built-up
,
crescendoed
,
deepened
,
deliberately provoked
,
disproportionate
,
elevated
,
embittered
,
enhanced
,
enlarged
,
exacerbated
,
exaggerated
,
exasperated
,
excessive
,
exorbitant
,
expanded
,
extended
,
extravagant
,
extreme
,
grandiloquent
,
heated up
,
heightened
,
high-flown
,
hiked
,
hotted up
,
hyperbolic
,
increased
,
inflated
,
inordinate
,
intensified
,
irritated
,
jazzed up
,
magnified
,
multiplied
,
overdone
,
overdrawn
,
overemphasized
,
overemphatic
,
overestimated
,
overgreat
,
overlarge
,
overpraised
,
oversold
,
overstated
,
overstressed
,
overwrought
,
prodigal
,
profuse
,
proliferated
,
provoked
,
puffed
,
raised
,
reinforced
,
soured
,
spread
,
stiffened
,
strengthened
,
stretched
,
superlative
,
swollen
,
tightened
,
touted
,
upped
,
widened
,
worse
,
worsened
out of bounds
collapse
related words >
a bit much
,
abandoned
,
banned
,
barred
,
boundless
,
contraband
,
cutthroat
,
egregious
,
enormous
,
exacting
,
exaggerated
,
excessive
,
exorbitant
,
extortionate
,
extravagant
,
extreme
,
fabulous
,
fancy
,
forbade
,
forbid
,
forbidden
,
gigantic
,
gluttonous
,
gouging
,
grossly overpriced
,
high
,
hyperbolic
,
hypertrophied
,
illegal
,
illicit
,
immoderate
,
incontinent
,
inflationary
,
inordinate
,
intemperate
,
monstrous
,
nonpermissible
,
not permitted
,
off limits
,
out of sight
,
outlawed
,
outrageous
,
overbig
,
overdeveloped
,
overgreat
,
overgrown
,
overlarge
,
overmuch
,
overpriced
,
overweening
,
preposterous
,
prohibited
,
prohibitive
,
restricted
,
ruled out
,
skyrocketing
,
spiraling
,
steep
,
stiff
,
taboo
,
tabooed
,
too much
,
unallowed
,
unauthorized
,
unbridled
,
unconscionable
,
under the ban
,
undue
,
unlawful
,
unlicensed
,
unpermissible
,
unreasonable
,
unrestrained
,
unsanctioned
,
untouchable
,
unwarranted
,
usurious
,
verboten
,
vetoed
doxology
collapse
a hymn or verse in Christian liturgy glorifying God
related words >
Agnus Dei
,
Benedicite
,
Gloria
,
Gloria Patri
,
Gloria in Excelsis
,
Introit
,
Magnificat
,
Miserere
,
Negro spiritual
,
Nunc Dimittis
,
Te Deum
,
Trisagion
,
Vedic hymn
,
alleluia
,
answer
,
anthem
,
antiphon
,
antiphony
,
cantata
,
canticle
,
chant
,
chorale
,
church music
,
gospel
,
gospel music
,
hallelujah
,
hosanna
,
hymn
,
hymn of praise
,
hymn-tune
,
hymnody
,
hymnography
,
hymnology
,
introit
,
laud
,
mantra
,
mass
,
motet
,
offertory
,
offertory sentence
,
oratorio
,
paean
,
passion
,
prosodion
,
psalm
,
psalmody
,
recessional
,
report
,
requiem
,
requiem mass
,
response
,
responsory
,
sacred music
,
spiritual
,
versicle
,
white spiritual
infallible
collapse
incapable of failure or error; "an infallible antidote"; "an infallible memory"; "the Catholic Church considers the Pope infallible"; "no doctor is infallible"
related words >
absolute
,
acceptable
,
agreeable
,
beyond all praise
,
certain
,
chaste
,
close
,
constant
,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
unfailing
,
unfaultable
,
unmistaken
,
unmixed
,
unspotted
,
untainted
,
useful
Introit
collapse
a composition of vocal music that is appropriate for opening church services
related words >
Agnus Dei
,
Alleluia
,
Anamnesis
,
Benedicite
,
Blessing
,
Canon
,
Collect
,
Communion
,
Consecration
,
Credo
,
Dismissal
,
Epistle
,
Fraction
,
Gloria
,
Gloria Patri
,
Gloria in Excelsis
,
Gospel
,
Gradual
,
Kyrie
,
Kyrie Eleison
,
Last Gospel
,
Lavabo
,
Magnificat
,
Miserere
,
Nunc Dimittis
,
Offertory
,
Paternoster
,
Pax
,
Post-Communion
,
Preface
,
Sanctus
,
Secreta
,
Te Deum
,
Tersanctus
,
Tract
,
Trisagion
,
Vedic hymn
,
alleluia
,
answer
,
anthem
,
antiphon
,
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,
canticle
,
chant
,
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,
doxology
,
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,
hosanna
,
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,
hymn of praise
,
hymnody
,
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,
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,
laud
,
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,
motet
,
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,
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,
paean
,
psalm
,
psalmody
,
report
,
response
,
responsory
,
versicle
Gloria
collapse
related words >
Agnus Dei
,
Alleluia
,
Anamnesis
,
Benedicite
,
Blessing
,
Canon
,
Collect
,
Communion
,
Consecration
,
Credo
,
Dismissal
,
Epistle
,
Fraction
,
Gloria Patri
,
Gloria in Excelsis
,
Gospel
,
Gradual
,
Introit
,
Kyrie
,
Kyrie Eleison
,
Last Gospel
,
Lavabo
,
Magnificat
,
Miserere
,
Nunc Dimittis
,
Offertory
,
Paternoster
,
Pax
,
Post-Communion
,
Preface
,
Sanctus
,
Secreta
,
Te Deum
,
Tersanctus
,
Tract
,
Trisagion
,
Vedic hymn
,
alleluia
,
answer
,
anthem
,
antiphon
,
antiphony
,
canticle
,
chant
,
chorale
,
doxology
,
hallelujah
,
hosanna
,
hymn
,
hymn of praise
,
hymnody
,
hymnography
,
hymnology
,
laud
,
mantra
,
motet
,
offertory
,
offertory sentence
,
paean
,
psalm
,
psalmody
,
report
,
response
,
responsory
,
versicle
spiraling
collapse
related words >
anabatic
,
ascendant
,
ascending
,
ascensional
,
ascensive
,
circling
,
circuition
,
circuitousness
,
circuitry
,
circularity
,
circulation
,
circumambience
,
circumambiency
,
circumambulation
,
circumflexion
,
circumlocution
,
circummigration
,
circumnavigation
,
climbing
,
cutthroat
,
deviance
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deviancy
,
deviation
,
deviousness
,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
fancy
,
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,
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,
gyre
,
gyring
,
immoderate
,
in the ascendant
,
indirection
,
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,
inordinate
,
leaping
,
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,
mounting
,
orbit
,
orbiting
,
out of bounds
,
out of sight
,
outrageous
,
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,
preposterous
,
prohibitive
,
rampant
,
rearing
,
rising
,
roundaboutness
,
rounding
,
saltatory
,
scandent
,
scansorial
,
skyrocketing
,
spiral
,
springing
,
turn
,
turning
,
unconscionable
,
undue
,
unreasonable
,
unwarranted
,
uparching
,
upcoming
,
upgoing
,
upgrade
,
uphill
,
uphillward
,
uprising
,
upsloping
,
upward
,
upwith
,
usurious
,
wheeling
breakneck
collapse
moving at very high speed; "a breakneck pace"
related words >
abrupt
,
accident-prone
,
agile
,
bluff
,
bold
,
breathless
,
careless
,
dangerous
,
daredevil
,
dashing
,
desperate
,
devil-may-care
,
double-quick
,
eagle-winged
,
excessive
,
expeditious
,
express
,
fast
,
fleet
,
flying
,
furious
,
galloping
,
hair-trigger
,
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,
hasty
,
headlong
,
hell for leather
,
hotheaded
,
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,
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,
impetuous
,
impulsive
,
light of heel
,
light-footed
,
lively
,
mad
,
mercurial
,
nimble
,
nimble-footed
,
overeager
,
overenthusiastic
,
overzealous
,
panting
,
plunging
,
precipitant
,
precipitate
,
precipitous
,
prompt
,
quick
,
quick as lightning
,
quick as thought
,
rapid
,
rash
,
reckless
,
running
,
sharp
,
sheer
,
slap-bang
,
slapdash
,
snappy
,
spanking
,
speedy
,
steep
,
sudden
,
swift
,
vertical
,
wanton
,
wild
,
winged
peerless
collapse
related words >
absolute
,
best
,
beyond all praise
,
beyond compare
,
beyond comparison
,
champion
,
chaste
,
choice
,
consummate
,
defectless
,
easily first
,
elect
,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
for the best
,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
indefectible
,
indefective
,
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,
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,
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,
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,
just right
,
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,
ne plus ultra
,
nonpareil
,
nulli secundus
,
optimal
,
optimum
,
paramount
,
perfect
,
picked
,
prime
,
prize
,
pure
,
quintessential
,
second to none
,
select
,
sinless
,
sovereign
,
spotless
,
stainless
,
sui generis
,
superb
,
superior
,
superlative
,
supreme
,
surpassing
,
taintless
,
unadulterated
,
unapproachable
,
unapproached
,
unbeatable
,
unblemished
,
uncontaminated
,
unequaled
,
unexampled
,
unexcelled
,
unfaultable
,
unique
,
unmatchable
,
unmatched
,
unmixed
,
unparagoned
,
unparalleled
,
unpeered
,
unrivaled
,
unspotted
,
unsurpassable
,
unsurpassed
,
untainted
,
very best
,
without equal
,
without parallel
exemplary
collapse
worthy of imitation; "exemplary behavior"; "model citizens"
related words >
admirable
,
admonishing
,
admonitory
,
archetypal
,
archetypical
,
beyond all praise
,
blameless
,
cautionary
,
cautioning
,
characteristic
,
classic
,
classical
,
commendable
,
consummate
,
creditable
,
deserving
,
deterrent
,
developed
,
distinctive
,
distinguishing
,
estimable
,
excellent
,
expert
,
finished
,
fully developed
,
guiltless
,
ideal
,
illustrative
,
inculpable
,
innocent
,
irreprehensible
,
laudable
,
masterful
,
masterly
,
mature
,
matured
,
meritorious
,
model
,
monitorial
,
monitory
,
natural
,
naturalistic
,
normal
,
noteworthy
,
notificational
,
notifying
,
outstanding
,
paradigmatic
,
perfected
,
polished
,
praiseworthy
,
precedential
,
proficient
,
prototypal
,
pure
,
quintessential
,
realistic
,
refined
,
regular
,
representative
,
righteous
,
ripe
,
ripened
,
sample
,
standard
,
superior
,
t
,
true to form
,
true to type
,
typal
,
typic
,
typical
,
unblamable
,
unexceptionable
,
usual
,
virtuous
,
warning
,
well-deserving
,
worthy
puffed up
collapse
related words >
aggrandized
,
aggressively self-confident
,
amplified
,
ballyhooed
,
biggety
,
bloated
,
bloated with pride
,
blown up
,
bumptious
,
chesty
,
cocky
,
conceited
,
dilated
,
disproportionate
,
distended
,
dropsical
,
edematous
,
elated
,
enchymatous
,
exaggerated
,
excessive
,
exorbitant
,
extravagant
,
extreme
,
fat
,
flatulent
,
flushed
,
flushed with pride
,
gassy
,
grandiloquent
,
high-flown
,
hyperbolic
,
immodest
,
incrassate
,
inflated
,
inordinate
,
know-it-all
,
magnified
,
obtrusive
,
overdone
,
overdrawn
,
overemphasized
,
overemphatic
,
overestimated
,
overgreat
,
overlarge
,
overpraised
,
overrated
,
oversold
,
overstated
,
overstressed
,
overvalued
,
overwise
,
overwrought
,
peacockish
,
peacocky
,
perk
,
perky
,
pert
,
plethoric
,
prodigal
,
profuse
,
puffed
,
puffy
,
pursy
,
self-conceited
,
self-opinionated
,
smart-alecky
,
stretched
,
stuck-up
,
superlative
,
swelled
,
swelled-headed
,
swollen
,
touted
,
tumid
,
turgid
,
ventose
,
windy
adore
collapse
love intensely; "he just adored his wife"
related words >
accord respect to
,
admire
,
adulate
,
affection
,
apotheosize
,
appreciate
,
bask in
,
be pleased with
,
cherish
,
coddle
,
dearly love
,
defer to
,
deify
,
delight in
,
derive pleasure from
,
devour
,
do homage to
,
do service
,
dote
,
dote on
,
eat up
,
enjoy
,
entertain respect for
,
esteem
,
exalt
,
extol
,
fancy
,
favor
,
feast on
,
freak out on
,
get high on
,
gloat over
,
groove on
,
hallow
,
hero-worship
,
hold dear
,
hold in esteem
,
hold in reverence
,
honor
,
idolize
,
indulge
,
indulge in
,
laud
,
like
,
look up to
,
love
,
love to distraction
,
luxuriate in
,
pamper
,
pay homage to
,
praise
,
prize
,
regard
,
rejoice in
,
relish
,
respect
,
revel in
,
revere
,
reverence
,
riot in
,
savor
,
smack the lips
,
spoil
,
swim in
,
take pleasure in
,
think highly of
,
think much of
,
think well of
,
treasure
,
value
,
venerate
,
wallow in
,
worship
deify
collapse
exalt to the position of a God; "the people deified their King"
consider as a god or godlike; "These young men deify financial success"
related words >
accord respect to
,
admire
,
adore
,
adulate
,
aggrandize
,
apotheose
,
apotheosize
,
appreciate
,
beatify
,
belaud
,
bepraise
,
bless
,
blow up
,
boast of
,
brag about
,
canonize
,
celebrate
,
crown
,
cry up
,
defer to
,
elevate
,
emblazon
,
ennoble
,
enshrine
,
entertain respect for
,
enthrone
,
esteem
,
eulogize
,
exalt
,
extol
,
favor
,
fetish
,
fetishize
,
flatter
,
glamorize
,
glorify
,
hero-worship
,
hold in esteem
,
hold in reverence
,
honor
,
idol
,
idolatrize
,
idolify
,
idolize
,
immortalize
,
laud
,
lionize
,
look up to
,
magnify
,
make legendary
,
make much of
,
overpraise
,
panegyrize
,
pay tribute
,
porter aux nues
,
praise
,
prize
,
puff
,
puff up
,
raise
,
regard
,
respect
,
revere
,
reverence
,
saint
,
salute
,
sanctify
,
set up
,
think highly of
,
think much of
,
think well of
,
throne
,
trumpet
,
uplift
,
value
,
venerate
,
worship
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