heap on
Add in excess
To heap on is to pile abundantly, whether literally or figuratively.
You heap on blankets against the cold, or heap on praise, criticism, guilt, or pressure.
The phrase suggests excess or intensity—not just adding, but adding lavishly: The coach heaped criticism on the ref after the controversial call.
excess
Abundant beyond necessity
accumulate
Compare or accumulate
burden
Overburden with weight
- weigh downAdd heaviness to something
- overloadBurden beyond capacity
- encumberTo burden or hinder
- taxMandatory public revenue charge
lavish
Abundant beyond necessity
stack up
Compare or accumulate
load down
Overburden with weight
- weigh downAdd heaviness to something
- overloadBurden beyond capacity
- encumberTo burden or hinder
tax · strain · overburden · snow under
lavish praise
Excessive spoken admiration
fawn over · eulogize · adulate · lionize · glorify · effuse · butter up · sweet-talk
- dividing and givingdistribute, allocate, divide, give, share