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Lays it on thick

Synonyms for "lays it on thick" (100 found)

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Informal (24)

Name, noun, verb, slang(5 words)

play wear tar soap butter

Adj, intj, name, noun, verb, slang(1 words)

Noun, verb, slang(5 words)

puff stretch tout ballyhoo soft-soap

Adj, name, noun, verb, slang(2 words)

Adj, adv, name, noun, verb, slang(2 words)

Verb, slang(8 words)

magnify lay on get around blow off lay it on talk big butter up shoot the shit

Adj, noun, verb, slang(1 words)

General use (76)

Noun, verb(18 words)

stroke gloss smear affect vapor travesty overreach build up overcharge gild pontificate enamel undercoat lacquer overestimate overdraw overpraise slather

Adj, name, noun, verb(1 words)

Verb(28 words)

put on assume flatter amplify aggrandize dramatize overdo overstate inflate soften up string along besmear bedaub overreact feign overact overstress oversell play a part stretch the truth

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playact play up to hyperbolize draw the longbow barnumize overspeak put on airs histrionize

Adj, noun, verb(5 words)

fake counterfeit burlesque caricature bombast

Name, noun, verb(4 words)

oil coat daub blarney

Adj, verb(2 words)

exaggerate simulate

make much of go to extremes slap on act a part carry too far pile it on talk in superlatives smear on spread on spread with do a bit make out like play a scene tug the heartstrings kid along overdo it talk highfalutin

Name, noun(1 words)

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