单词	buttering 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 See all Synonyms & Antonyms Example Sentences a flunky who shamelessly butters up the boss Word History First Known Use 1819, in the meaning defined above buttering up 1 of 2 noun as in soft soap Synonyms & Similar Words Relevance soft soap butter fawning sweet talk endearment praise sycophancy taffy flattery toadying cajolement ingratiation acclaim applause charming incense enticement allurement exhortation adulation tempting coaxing influencing seduction massaging flannel swaying overpraise entreaty wooing cajolery courting smarm urging blarney romancing lobbying wheedling prompting overpersuasion beguilement blandishment charm pressuring commendation brainwashing Antonyms & Near Antonyms depreciation detraction disparagement belittlement bad-mouthing put-down buttering up 2 of 2 verb present participle of butter up as in honeying to praise too much a flunky who shamelessly butters up the boss Synonyms & Similar Words honeying massaging stroking commending praising congratulating applauding belauding blarneying puffing flattering overpraising blandishing hero-worshiping sucking (up to) coaxing soft-soaping adulating wooing cajoling fawning complimenting kowtowing wheedling hero-worshipping idolizing toadying extolling eulogizing worshiping felicitating endearing slavering lauding worshipping ingratiating romancing sweet-talking gushing slobbering courting drooling Antonyms & Near Antonyms putting down disparaging depreciating belittling decrying bad-mouthing
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