"overpraising" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: overpraisings [plural]
Etymology: From Middle English overpreisung, ouerpreisunge, equivalent to overpraise + -ing. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|overpreisung}} Middle English overpreisung, {{af|en|overpraise|-ing|id2=gerund noun}} overpraise + -ing Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} overpraising (countable and uncountable, plural overpraisings)
  1. Excessive or undue praising. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-overpraising-en-noun-ZF8kJI5u Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 55 45 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 74 26 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 85 15
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Verb

Etymology: From overpraise + -ing. Etymology templates: {{af|en|overpraise|-ing}} overpraise + -ing Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} overpraising
  1. present participle and gerund of overpraise Tags: form-of, gerund, participle, present Form of: overpraise
    Sense id: en-overpraising-en-verb-h828gvgr Categories (other): English terms suffixed with -ing, English terms suffixed with -ing (gerund noun) Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ing (gerund noun): 32 68
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1
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