overpraise
Lay it on
To overpraise is to praise excessively or beyond what is deserved.
The word suggests flattery that distorts reality or inflates someone's sense of their own abilities: Critics have overpraised mediocre novels before.
As a noun, overpraise is such excessive commendation: The film received overpraise from enthusiastic early reviewers.
Obsequious behavior toward authority
- fawningExcessive insincere flattery
- apple-polishingSycophantic behavior for advantage
- toadyingObsequious behavior seeking favor
- bootlickingServile flattery for advantage
sweet-talk · ingratiation · obsequiousness · smarm · blarney · compliments · schmoozing · pandering
Without adequate justification
- unmeritedNot rightfully due
- unjustifiedLacking adequate reason
- unearnedNot rightfully gained
- undueBeyond what's warranted
disproportionate · misplaced · groundless · excessive · inflated · inappropriate · baseless · unfounded
sycophancy
Obsequious behavior toward authority
- fawningExcessive insincere flattery
- apple-polishingSycophantic behavior for advantage
- toadyingObsequious behavior seeking favor
bootlicking · sweet-talk · ingratiation · obsequiousness · smarm · blarney · compliments · schmoozing · pandering · gushing
unwarranted
Without adequate justification
- unmeritedNot rightfully due
- unjustifiedLacking adequate reason
- unearnedNot rightfully gained
undue · disproportionate · misplaced · groundless · excessive · inflated · inappropriate · baseless · unfounded · gratuitous
overstate
Represent as greater
magnify · aggrandize · extol · boost · oversell · dramatize · overdo · overplay · gush · effuse
- lay it on thickexaggerate, overstate, embellish, ham it up, overact
overpraisedisparage
Express low opinion of
belittle · denigrate · depreciate · put down · bad-mouth