slobber over sb
informal disapproving— phrasal verb with slobber uk/ˈslɒb.ər/us/ˈslɑː.bɚ/verb [ I ] disapproving
to show how much you admire and like someone, in a way that shows little control:
Ted was slobbering over the pretty new assistant in marketing.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Praising insincerely or too eagerly
- arse-licker
- bow and scrape idiom
- brown-nose
- crawler
- creep
- fawn
- flatter
- flattery
- flattery will get you nowhere idiom
- glad-handing
- grovel
- idealize
- left-handed compliment
- massage
- massage sb's ego idiom
- obsequious
- play up to sb
- schmooze
- slobber
- unctuous
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