overpraise

adulation baloney blandishment cajolery coaxing compliments exaggeration eyewash fawning honey incense ingratiation oil wheedling

a line inveiglement soft soap soft words sweet-talk

charm

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brown-nose build up butter up cater to get next to lay it on thick play up to rub the right way spread it on suck up to sweeten up work on work over

condemn ignore

belittle castigate criticize denounce insult offend

exaggerate magnify overestimate oversell overvalue

exceed

assess too highly build up expect too much of make too much of overassess overesteem overprize overreckon rate too highly think too highly of think too much of

play down

underrate undervalue

admire advertise ballyhoo build up commend congratulate cry flatter hype plug praise promote push

blow up press-agent

censure conceal condemn criticize denounce hide

secret

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brown-nose build up butter up cater to get next to lay it on thick play up to rub the right way spread it on suck up to sweeten up work on work over

condemn ignore irritate repel turn off