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单词 buttered up
释义

butter up

verb

buttered up; buttering up; butters up

transitive verb

: to charm or beguile with lavish flattery or praise

Synonyms

  • adulate
  • belaud
  • blarney
  • flatter
  • hero-worship
  • honey
  • massage
  • overpraise
  • puff
  • soft-soap
  • stroke
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Example Sentences

a flunky who shamelessly butters up the boss

Word History

First Known Use

1819, in the meaning defined above

buttered up

verb

past tense of butter up
as in belauded
to praise too much a flunky who shamelessly butters up the boss

Synonyms & Similar Words

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  • belauded
  • hero-worshiped
  • applauded
  • congratulated
  • praised
  • honeyed
  • commended
  • blarneyed
  • puffed
  • massaged
  • overpraised
  • blandished
  • flattered
  • stroked
  • soft-soaped
  • honied
  • adulated
  • sucked (up to)
  • coaxed
  • toadied
  • wheedled
  • hero-worshipped
  • cajoled
  • complimented
  • wooed
  • idolized
  • slavered
  • kowtowed
  • fawned
  • eulogized
  • extolled
  • felicitated
  • worshiped
  • lauded
  • worshipped
  • endeared
  • ingratiated
  • sweet-talked
  • romanced
  • gushed
  • slobbered
  • courted
  • drooled

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • depreciated
  • put down
  • decried
  • disparaged
  • belittled
  • bad-mouthed
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