overpraises
Lauds too much
Overpraises means to praise excessively or beyond what is deserved.
The verb suggests flattery that distorts rather than reflects reality: The review overpraises a mediocre film, Parents who overpraise every small accomplishment may give children an inflated sense of ability.
The excess can be sincere misjudgment or calculated sycophancy.
Servile praise-giver
- adulationExtravagant, servile praise
- fawningExcessive insincere flattery
- obsequiousServilely attentive to superiors
- toadyObsequious flatterer seeking favor
bootlicking · smarmy · gushing · effusive · insincere · flatterer · ingratiating · servile
Claim beyond the facts
- embellishmentDecorative addition or exaggeration
- amplificationIncrease in intensity
- hyperboleRhetorical extreme exaggeration
- superlativeHighest-degree word form
dramatization · puffery · inflation · magnification · overestimation · bombast · grandiloquence · gushiness
sycophant
Servile praise-giver
- adulationExtravagant, servile praise
- fawningExcessive insincere flattery
- obsequiousServilely attentive to superiors
toady · bootlicking · smarmy · gushing · effusive · insincere · flatterer · ingratiating · servile · cloying
overstatement
Claim beyond the facts
- embellishmentDecorative addition or exaggeration
- amplificationIncrease in intensity
- hyperboleRhetorical extreme exaggeration
superlative · dramatization · puffery · inflation · magnification · overestimation · bombast · grandiloquence · gushiness · effusiveness
overpraisesovercriticizes
Blames or faults excessively
criticizes · condemns · disparages · belittles · denigrates