overpraise
to praise excessively or unduly.
excessive or undeserved praise.
Origin of overpraise
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How to use overpraise in a sentence
Even if Zeitz does overpraise Nicolay and Hay as biographers, the story of their lifelong friendship is compelling.
Avoid also speaking of any house where you may have been a guest in terms of overpraise, giving glowing pictures of its splendor.
The Ladies' Book of Etiquette, and Manual of Politeness | Florence HartleyAs an artist he belongs to the list of the great men who have paid for overpraise in their lifetime by oblivion after their death.
The History of Modern Painting, Volume 1 (of 4) | Richard MutherNow prove that I did not overpraise you; for a misstep means, perhaps, a broken leg.
The Young Continentals at Bunker Hill | John T. McIntyre“You must not overpraise our little maid,” she warned Captain Enos reprovingly.
A Little Maid of Massachusetts Colony | Alice Turner Curtis
It would be hard to overpraise the sweetness and pleasing freshness of this charming epic.
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