gloze
noun
Roget 933:
flattery,
adulation,
gloze;
blandishment,
blandiloquence†;
cajolery;
fawning,
wheedling
etc.
v.;
captation†,
coquetry,
obsequiousness,
sycophancy,
flunkeyism†,
toadeating†,
tuft-hunting;
snobbishness.
incense,
honeyed words,
flummery;
bunkum,
buncombe;
blarney,
placebo,
butter;
soft soap,
soft sawder†;
rose water.
voice of the charmer,
mouth honor;
lip homage;
euphemism;
unctuousness
etc.
adj..
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verb
Roget 933:
flatter,
praise to the skies,
puff;
wheedle,
cajole,
glaver†,
coax;
fawn upon,
faun upon;
humor,
gloze,
soothe,
pet,
coquet,
slaver,
butter;
jolly [U.S.];
bespatter,
beslubber†,
beplaster†,
beslaver†;
lay it on thick,
overpraise;
earwig,
cog,
collogue†;
truckle to,
pander to,
pandar to†,
suck up to,
kiss the ass of [Vulg.],
pay court to;
court;
creep into the good graces of,
curry favor with,
hang on the sleeve of;
fool to the top of one's bent;
lick the dust.
lay the flattering unction to one's soul,
gild the pill,
make things pleasant.
overestimate
etc.
482;
exaggerate
etc.
549.
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noun
Roget 937:
vindication,
justification,
warrant;
exoneration,
exculpation;
acquittal
etc.
970;
whitewashing.
extenuation;
palliation,
palliative;
softening,
mitigation.
reply,
defense;
recrimination
etc.
938.
apology,
gloss,
varnish;
plea
etc.
617;
salvo;
excuse,
extenuating circumstances;
allowance,
allowance to be made;
locus paenitentiae [Lat.].
apologist,
vindicator,
justifier;
defendant
etc.
938.
justifiable charge,
true bill.
v..
justify,
warrant;
be an excuse for
etc.
n.;
lend a color,
furnish a handle;
vindicate;
exculpate,
disculpate†;
acquit
etc.
970;
clear,
set right,
exonerate,
whitewash;
clear the skirts of.
extenuate,
palliate,
excuse,
soften,
apologize,
varnish,
slur,
gloze;
put a gloss,
put a good face upon;
mince;
gloss over,
bolster up,
help a lame dog over a stile.
advocate,
defend,
plead one's cause;
stand up for,
stick up for,
speak up for;
contend for,
speak for;
bear out,
keep in countenance,
support;
plead
&c.,
617;
say in defense;
plead ignorance;
confess and avoid,
propugn†,
put in a good word for.
take the will for the deed,
make allowance for,
give credit for,
do justice to;
give one his due,
give the Devil his due.
make good;
prove the truth of,
prove one's case;
be justified by the event.
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