Synonyms of belauding

belauding

verb

present participle of belaud

as in praising

to praise too much

critically belauded in his heyday, that early 20th-century novelist is now largely forgotten

Synonyms & Similar Words

• praising
• congratulating
• applauding
• commending
• stroking
• honeying
• massaging
• hero-worshiping
• buttering up
• flattering
• puffing
• sucking (up to)
• blarneying
• overpraising
• worshiping
• coaxing
• soft-soaping
• blandishing
• adulating
• wooing
• fawning
• hero-worshipping
• complimenting
• extolling
• cajoling
• kowtowing
• wheedling
• eulogizing
• toadying
• lauding
• idolizing
• felicitating
• sweet-talking
• worshipping
• ingratiating
• endearing
• gushing
• slavering
• romancing
• courting
• slobbering
• drooling

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• putting down
• disparaging
• decrying
• depreciating
• belittling
• bad-mouthing