lionizing
Treating as celebrity
Lionizing is treating someone as a celebrity or object of great interest—showering them with attention and admiration.
The word comes from the practice of showing visitors the lions at the Tower of London, the main attraction.
To lionize someone is to make them the center of attention: The press spent weeks lionizing the young inventor.
Praising to excess
- exaltingElevating in status
- idolizingExcessive admiration of someone
- laudingVoicing high esteem
- extollingPraising with enthusiasm
honoring · magnifying · aggrandizing · deifying · enshrining · immortalizing · celebrating · elevating
Excessive insincere praise
- fawningExcessive insincere flattery
- obsequiousnessServile eagerness to please
- toadyingObsequious behavior seeking favor
- ingratiationDeliberate favor-seeking behavior
adulation · overpraise · unctuousness · gushing · kowtowing · bootlicking · brown-nosing · pandering
Expression of approval
- acclaimEnthusiastic public approval
- tributeOffering of respect
- homageExpression of deep respect
- recognitionPerceiving something as known
appreciation · commendation · approval · applause · kudos · laudation · extolment · celebration
Extreme reverent admiration
- venerationProfound admiring respect
- adorationProfound loving regard
- reverenceProfound admiring respect
- devotionDeep, loyal commitment
fanaticism · infatuation · obsession · fandom · cult · hagiography · worship · awe
glorifying
Praising to excess
extolling · honoring · magnifying · aggrandizing · deifying · enshrining · immortalizing · celebrating · elevating · pedestaling
flattery
Excessive insincere praise
- fawningExcessive insincere flattery
- obsequiousnessServile eagerness to please
- toadyingObsequious behavior seeking favor
ingratiation · adulation · overpraise · unctuousness · gushing · kowtowing · bootlicking · brown-nosing · pandering · smarmy
praise
Expression of approval
recognition · appreciation · commendation · approval · applause · kudos · laudation · extolment · celebration · honor
idolization
Extreme reverent admiration
- venerationProfound admiring respect
- adorationProfound loving regard
- reverenceProfound admiring respect
devotion · fanaticism · infatuation · obsession · fandom · cult · hagiography · worship · awe · starry-eyed
fame
Public recognition, widespread
- stardomCelebrity status achieved
- renownWidespread acclaim and recognition
- prestigeReputation commanding admiration
eminence · prominence · notoriety · luminary · icon · idol · superstar · A-lister · headliner · notable
- flatteryflatter, praise, flattery, compliment, compliments
- praiselauding, compliments, laudation, accolades, great job
- glorificationglorifying, glorification, exalting, exaltation, idolizing
- idealizingglorification, idolization, hero-worship, romanticization, pedestalization
lionizingvilifying
Maliciously disparaging someone
demonizing · condemning · excoriating · disparaging · denigrating
lionizingignoring
Deliberately not noticing
dismissing · snubbing · shunning · overlooking · neglecting
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