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overpraise

American  
[oh-ver-preyz] / ˈoʊ vərˈpreɪz /

verb (used with object)

overpraised, overpraising
  1. to praise excessively or unduly.


noun

  1. excessive or undeserved praise.

Etymology

Origin of overpraise

1350–1400; Middle English overpreisen (v.); see over-, praise

Example Sentences

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Even last year,, external Chappell, rarely one to overpraise English batting, grouped Crawley with Root and Harry Brook as England's key Ashes batters.

From BBC Nov. 25, 2025

Orwell and Hardwick present the “gross” overpraise as calculated; I think it usually is not.

From Slate Jan. 9, 2018

So let us not overpraise ourselves for being enlightened.

From Seattle Times May 3, 2017

This manages to both overpraise and insult his team all at once, very impressive.

From The Guardian Dec. 9, 2015

Here is another case where the hysteric overpraise of the critics has done a capable workman a serious injustice, and but for it a candid reviewer could have no temptation towards blame.

From My Contemporaries In Fiction by Murray, David Christie

The theatrical hype machine needs a winner, but let’s not hold the way “Kimberly Akimbo” has been overpraised against it.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 11, 2023

I felt terribly overpraised when I made this for my family last week because I felt I had done so little to earn their appreciation.

From The Guardian May 13, 2020

The crop of lackluster new musicals — including the overpraised Tony winner, “Hadestown” — provided further evidence of a commercial theater in creative flux.

From Washington Post Dec. 9, 2019

Emma Donoghue’s breakthrough ­novel, the overpraised “Room,” was followed by a much better one, the underpraised “Frog Music.”

From New York Times Sep. 27, 2016

The Yorks had a pleasantly comfortable home life, and Ronnie, overloved and overpraised by his parents and a worshipful younger sister, was the adored center of it.

From "In Cold Blood" by Truman Capote

Yet there is a risk of overpraising her merits.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 27, 2026

I learned my lesson after overpraising one of your stories and having you protest that I always loved everything you did.

From Washington Post Aug. 30, 2021

Recent studies have turned conventional wisdom on its head, concluding that overpraising kids makes them less confident and motivated.

From Time Oct. 1, 2013

Obama risks overpraising himself, even as he takes pains to credit the workers at the companies.

From Slate Feb. 6, 2012

With Aunty Uju, they hovered and groveled, curtseying deeply as they greeted her, overpraising her handbag and shoes.

From "Americanah" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

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