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Exact Match:

overpraise: praise excessively

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Related Words:

congratulation collapse: the act of acknowledging that someone has an occasion for celebration; (usually plural) an expression of pleasure at the success or good fortune of another; "I sent them my sincere congratulations on their marriage"

hommage collapse

brag about collapse

boast of collapse

eulogize collapse: praise formally and eloquently; "The dead woman was eulogized at the funeral"

pile it on collapse

accolade collapse

panegyric collapse

talk big collapse

stretch the truth collapse

flattery collapse: excessive or insincere praise

oversell collapse

extol collapse

lionize collapse: assign great social importance to; "The film director was celebrated all over Hollywood"; "The tenor was lionized in Vienna"

overestimate collapse: a calculation that results in an estimate that is too high; an appraisal that is too high; make too high an estimate of; "He overestimated his own powers"

glorification collapse: the act of glorifying (as in worship); "the glorification of God"

go to extremes collapse

adulation collapse: servile flattery; exaggerated and hypocritical praise

overdraw collapse: draw more money from than is available; "She overdrew her account"

overdo collapse: do something to an excessive degree; "He overdid it last night when he did 100 pushups"

puff up collapse: make larger or distend; "The estimates were puffed up"

overreact collapse: show an exaggerated response to something; "Don't overreact to the bad news--take it easy"

kudos collapse

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"

idolize collapse: love unquestioningly and uncritically or to excess; venerate as an idol; "Many teenagers idolized the Beatles"

overstate collapse: to enlarge beyond bounds or the truth; "tended to romanticize and exaggerate this `gracious Old South' imagery"

glorify collapse: bestow glory upon; "The victory over the enemy glorified the Republic"; cause to seem more splendid; "You are glorifying a rather mediocre building"

deification collapse: the elevation of a person (as to the status of a god); an embodiment of the qualities of a god; "the capitalists' deification of capital"; the condition of being treated like a god

flatter collapse: praise somewhat dishonestly

lay it on thick collapse

overreach collapse: fail by aiming too high or trying too hard

aggrandize collapse

apotheosis collapse

paean collapse: (ancient Greece) a hymn of praise (especially one sung in ancient Greece to invoke or thank a deity)

laud collapse: praise, glorify, or honor; "extol the virtues of one's children"; "glorify one's spouse's cooking"

overcharge collapse: a price that is too high; rip off; ask an unreasonable price

magnification collapse: the act of expanding something in apparent size; the ratio of the size of an image to the size of the object

amplify collapse: increase the volume of; "amplify sound"

idolatry collapse: the worship of idols; the worship of images that are not God; religious zeal; the willingness to serve God

celebrate collapse: have a celebration; "They were feting the patriarch of the family"; "After the exam, the students were celebrating"

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