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单词 butter 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

butter up

verb

as in to belaud
to praise too much a flunky who shamelessly butters up the boss

Synonyms & Similar Words

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  • belaud
  • honey
  • massage
  • praise
  • congratulate
  • stroke
  • applaud
  • overpraise
  • puff
  • commend
  • flatter
  • coax
  • blandish
  • blarney
  • adulate
  • soft-soap
  • suck (up to)
  • woo
  • fawn
  • compliment
  • wheedle
  • toady
  • cajole
  • hero-worship
  • kowtow
  • idolize
  • eulogize
  • felicitate
  • romance
  • worship
  • slaver
  • ingratiate
  • sweet-talk
  • laud
  • court
  • extol
  • endear
  • extoll
  • gush
  • slobber
  • drool

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • put down
  • depreciate
  • decry
  • disparage
  • belittle
  • bad-mouth
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