Some people think you cannot overpraise a child.
Source: tatoeba (245900)
Overpraise
//ˌəʊvə(ɹ)ˈpɹeɪz//
Synonyms for "overpraise" (88 found)
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Closest matches (18)
Strong matches (26)
Related words (44)
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8 translations across 5 languages.
Bulgarian
1 entries- прехвалвам verb (praise to an excessive degree)
Chinese Cantonese
1 entries- 過獎 /过奖 verb (praise to an excessive degree)
Chinese Mandarin
4 entries- 捧上天 verb (praise to an excessive degree)
- 謬獎 /谬奖 verb (praise to an excessive degree)
- 過獎 /过奖 verb (praise to an excessive degree)
- 過譽 /过誉 verb (praise to an excessive degree)
Finnish
1 entries- ylimainostaa verb (praise to an excessive degree)
Russian
1 entries- захва́ливать verb (praise to an excessive degree)
Sample sentences
4 total sentences available.
One always tends to overpraise a long book, because one has got through it.
Source: tatoeba (3039976)
The overpraised are the worst deceivers.
Source: wiktionary
There may be a tendency in the gay press to overpraise the film. It is after all a major movie by and about gay people. […] One would think that it is what gays concerned with the media have been waiting for.
Source: wiktionary
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