overpraise
Excessive praiseExcessive praise.: Excessive praise of a person.
» Some people think you cannot overpraise a child.
Некоторые думают, что ребёнка нельзя перехвалить. — shanghainese
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2 sensesExcessive praise.
(uncountable)Excessive praise of a person.
Near-synonyms: flattery, glazing
excessive or undeserved praise.
(uncountable)Excessive praise of a thing or idea.
Near-synonyms: overselling, overvaluation
Examples
2 sentencesSome people think you cannot overpraise a child.
ruНекоторые думают, что ребёнка нельзя перехвалить. — shanghainese
One always tends to overpraise a long book, because one has got through it.
Origin
From Middle English overpreisen, equivalent to over- + praise.From Middle English overpreisen, equivalent to over- + praise.
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Synonyms
4 synonymsWord family
1 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.