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blarney

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of blarney

1 excessive praise
  • She was charmed by his blarney.
Synonyms of blarney

adulation, flattery, overpraise, soft soap, sweet talk
Words Related to blarney

allurements, blandishments, endearments

caresses, compliments, congratulations, felicitations, greetings, regards, respects

adoration, idolatry, worship

fawning, sycophancy, toadying

cajolement, cajolery, ingratiation, smarm

acclaim, applause, commendation, praise
Near Antonyms of blarney

bad-mouthing, belittlement, depreciation, detraction, disparagement, put-down
2 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 of blarney

balderdash, baloney (also boloney), beans, bilge, blather, bosh, bull [slang], bunk, bunkum (or buncombe), claptrap, drivel, folderol (also falderal), folly, foolishness, fudge, hogwash, hokeypokey, hokum, hooey, humbug, humbuggery, jazz, malarkey (also malarky), moonshine, nonsense, piffle, poppycock, rot, rubbish, senselessness, silliness, stupidity, tommyrot, trash, trumpery, twaddle
Words Related to blarney

absurdity, asininity, foolery, idiocy, imbecility, inaneness, inanity, insanity, kookiness, lunacy

absurdness, craziness, madness, senselessness, witlessness

monkey business, monkeyshine(s), shenanigan(s), tomfoolery

gas, hot air, rigmarole (also rigamarole)

double-talk, hocus-pocus
Near Antonyms of blarney

levelheadedness, rationality, reasonability, reasonableness, sensibleness

common sense, horse sense, sense

discernment, judgment (or judgement), wisdom

blarney

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of blarney

1 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 of blarney

blandish, cajole, coax, palaver, soft-soap, sweet-talk, wheedle
Words Related to blarney

adulate, flatter, overpraise

butter up, charm, massage, woo

beg, beseech, importune, urge

beguile, cozen, finagle, juggle, wangle, wile

entice, lure, seduce, tempt
Near Antonyms of blarney

bug, harass, nag, pester, tease

browbeat, bulldoze, bully, cow, intimidate

coerce, compel, constrain, demand, force, make, oblige, require
2 to praise too much
  • an eager, young assistant who blarneys the boss
Synonyms of blarney

adulate, butter up, flatter, hero-worship, honey, massage, overpraise, puff, soft-soap, stroke
Words Related to blarney

blandish, cajole, coax, sweet-talk, wheedle

fawn, kowtow, suck (up to), toady

idolize, worship

eulogize, extol (also extoll), laud, praise

applaud, commend, compliment

congratulate, felicitate

drool, gush, slaver, slobber

endear, ingratiate

court, romance, woo
Near Antonyms of blarney

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

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