"overpraise" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˌəʊvə(ɹ)ˈpɹeɪz/
Etymology: From Middle English overpreisen, equivalent to over- + praise. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|overpreisen}} Middle English overpreisen, {{pre|en|over|praise}} over- + praise Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} overpraise (uncountable)
  1. Excessive praise. Tags: uncountable
    Sense id: en-overpraise-en-noun-evvvsrZP Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with over-, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Cantonese translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Russian translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 61 39 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with over-: 61 39 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 80 20 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 82 18 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 89 11 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 87 13 Disambiguation of Terms with Cantonese translations: 87 13 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 87 13 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 87 13 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 89 11

Verb

IPA: /ˌəʊvə(ɹ)ˈpɹeɪz/ Forms: overpraises [present, singular, third-person], overpraising [participle, present], overpraised [participle, past], overpraised [past]
Etymology: From Middle English overpreisen, equivalent to over- + praise. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|overpreisen}} Middle English overpreisen, {{pre|en|over|praise}} over- + praise Head templates: {{en-verb}} overpraise (third-person singular simple present overpraises, present participle overpraising, simple past and past participle overpraised)
  1. To praise to an excessive degree. Translations (praise to an excessive degree): прехвалвам (prehvalvam) (Bulgarian), 過獎 /过奖 (gwo³ zoeng²) (Chinese Cantonese), 過獎 /过奖 (guòjiǎng) (Chinese Mandarin), 過譽 /过誉 (guòyù) (Chinese Mandarin), 謬獎 /谬奖 (miùjiǎng) (Chinese Mandarin), 捧上天 (pěngshàngtiān) (Chinese Mandarin), ylimainostaa (Finnish), захва́ливать (zaxválivatʹ) (Russian)
    Sense id: en-overpraise-en-verb-L~9trLQi

Inflected forms

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