单词	butters 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 butters up verb present tense third-person singular of butter up as in overpraises to praise too much a flunky who shamelessly butters up the boss Synonyms & Similar Words Relevance overpraises belauds massages adulates congratulates praises honeys strokes applauds blarneys commends puffs soft-soaps blandishes flatters coaxes hero-worships wheedles fawns toadies compliments cajoles sucks (up to) woos kowtows eulogizes idolizes felicitates sweet-talks ingratiates extols romances slavers extolls lauds worships courts endears gushes slobbers drools Antonyms & Near Antonyms depreciates decries puts down disparages belittles bad-mouths
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