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past tense of butter up
Synonyms & Antonyms of buttered up
to praise too much
- a flunky who shamelessly butters up the boss
Synonyms for buttered up
- adulated,
- belauded,
- blarneyed,
- flattered,
- hero-worshipped
- (also hero-worshiped),
- honeyed
- (also honied),
- massaged,
- overpraised,
- puffed,
- soft-soaped,
- stroked
Words Related to buttered up
- idolized,
- worshipped
- (also worshiped)
Near Antonyms for buttered up
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“Buttered up.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/buttered%20up. Accessed 26 Jan. 2022.
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