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overpraise

Word definitions for overpraise in dictionaries

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Overpraise \O`ver*praise"\, v. t. [Cf. Overprize , Superpraise .] To praise excessively or unduly.

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
v. praise excessively

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
vb. To praise to an excessive degree.

Usage examples of overpraise.

It is possible to overpraise Balzac in parts or to mispraise him as a whole.

The remainder of the overexposed and overpraised morning Emory spent wrestling fragments of screenplay from the coils of motel management.

His literary debut was an overpraised adult novel of an indisputably literary sort.

She by no means overpraises her own sex, and openly declares that young women will not consent to place themselves in fair competition with men.

The writer seemed to know what he was talking about, and he mentioned mercenaries from half a dozen different nationalities, neither overpraising them nor sensationalizing their careers to set spines atingling.

It sounds like a manic-depressive overpraising Sylvia Plath, a postmaster general making excessive claims for Trollope, a midget going ape for Pope.