Synonyms of blarney

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noun

1

as in butter

excessive praise

laid the blarney on thick in order to get special treatment from the waitress

Synonyms & Similar Words

• butter
• flattery
• praise
• taffy
• adulation
• acclaim
• soft soap
• sweet talk
• incense
• adoration
• flannel
• blandishments
• applause
• overpraise
• compliments
• respects
• endearments
• caresses
• felicitations
• greetings
• congratulations
• regards
• worship
• fawning
• cajolery
• sycophancy
• allurements
• idolatry
• smarm
• ingratiation
• toadying
• commendation
• cajolement

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• disparagement
• depreciation
• detraction
• belittlement
• bad-mouthing
• put-down

2

as in nonsense

language, behavior, or ideas that are absurd and contrary to good sense

his excuse was his usual blarney about how he'd love to help out but he was just so darned busy

Synonyms & Similar Words

• nonsense
• nuts
• garbage
• rubbish
• silliness
• drool
• blah
• stupidity
• buncombe
• falderal
• jazz
• muck
• boloney
• hokum
• bunk
• balderdash
• baloney
• guff
• blither
• malarky
• malarkey
• twaddle
• folderol
• bunkum
• claptrap
• poppycock
• piffle
• hogwash
• hooey
• fudge
• foolishness
• blatherskite
• blah-blah
• blather
• tommyrot
• trumpery
• tosh
• beans
• flapdoodle
• craziness
• fiddle
• codswallop
• humbuggery
• crock
• trash
• insanity
• bull
• punk
• tarradiddle
• fiddlesticks
• bilge
• madness
• rot
• crapola
• bosh
• drivel
• taradiddle
• horsefeathers
• folly
• humbug
• absurdity
• moonshine
• applesauce
• fiddle-faddle
• hokeypokey
• hoodoo
• nerts
• flannel
• absurdness
• senselessness
• idiocy
• slush
• tomfoolery
• foolery
• kookiness
• greek
• inanity
• asininity
• lunacy
• gas
• witlessness
• fatuity
• imbecility
• hocus-pocus
• rigmarole
• rigamarole
• double-talk
• monkey business
• inaneness
• hoity-toity
• hot air
• monkeyshine(s)
• shenanigan(s)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• reasonableness
• rationality
• sense
• common sense
• sensibleness
• wisdom
• horse sense
• levelheadedness
• reasonability
• judgment
• judgement
• discernment

blarney

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verb

1

as in to coax

to get (someone) to do something by gentle urging, special attention, or flattery

attendants at the nursing home sometimes have to blarney the patients to take their medicine

Synonyms & Similar Words

• coax
• wheedle
• cajole
• palaver
• lure
• seduce
• woo
• blandish
• soft-soap
• sweet-talk
• charm
• beg
• entice
• urge
• massage
• beseech
• tempt
• overpraise
• flatter
• importune
• adulate
• wile
• wangle
• butter up
• cozen
• juggle
• beguile
• finagle

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• tease
• cow
• bug
• harass
• nag
• intimidate
• force
• pester
• bully
• demand
• require
• compel
• coerce
• oblige
• browbeat
• make
• constrain
• bulldoze

2

as in to honey

to praise too much

an eager, young assistant who blarneys the boss shamelessly

Synonyms & Similar Words

• honey
• praise
• stroke
• massage
• commend
• congratulate
• puff
• applaud
• soft-soap
• overpraise
• flatter
• adulate
• coax
• hero-worship
• woo
• butter up
• wheedle
• belaud
• cajole
• kowtow
• fawn
• extoll
• compliment
• blandish
• suck (up to)
• toady
• extol
• romance
• sweet-talk
• laud
• eulogize
• gush
• ingratiate
• slobber
• idolize
• endear
• worship
• felicitate
• slaver
• drool
• court

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• put down
• disparage
• decry
• depreciate
• belittle
• bad-mouth

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