overpraise

Collocations

4

ADJ.

gay, long

VERB + OVERPRAISE

cannot, press, tends, think

OVERPRAISE + NOUN

child

ADV.

always

Definitions

verb

1

To praise to an excessive degree.

The overpraised are the worst deceivers.

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.

noun

1

Excessive praise.

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Example Bank

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01

The overpraised are the worst deceivers.

Wiktionary

02

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 wait

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03

Some people think you cannot overpraise a child.

Tatoeba · #245900

04

One always tends to overpraise a long book, because one has got through it.

Tatoeba · #3039976