Praise excessively.
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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Roget 482:
overestimate,
overrate,
overvalue,
overprize,
overweigh,
overreckon†,
overstrain,
overpraise;
eulogize;
estimate too highly,
attach too much importance to,
make mountains of molehills,
catch at straws;
strain,
magnify;
exaggerate
etc.
549;
set too high a value upon;
think much of,
make much of,
think too much of,
make too much of;
outreckon†;
panegyrize†.
extol,
extol to the skies;
make the most of,
make the best of,
make the worst of;
make two bites of a cherry.
have too high an opinion of oneself
etc.
(vanity)
880.
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Roget 549:
exaggerate,
magnify,
pile up,
aggravate;
amplify
etc.
(expand)
194;
overestimate
etc.
482;
hyperbolize;
overcharge,
overstate,
overdraw,
overlay,
overshoot the mark,
overpraise;
make over much,
over the most of;
strain,
strain over a point;
stretch,
stretch a point;
go great lengths;
spin a long yarn;
draw with a longbow,
shoot with a longbow;
deal in the marvelous.
out-Herod Herod,
run riot,
talk at random.
heighten,
overcolor†;
color highly,
color too highly;
broder†;
flourish;
color
etc.
(misrepresent)
544;
puff
etc.
(boast)
884.
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