Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to overpraise
Participle: overpraised
Gerund: overpraising
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | overpraise |
| you | overpraise |
| he;she;it | overpraises |
| we | overpraise |
| you | overpraise |
| they | overpraise |
Perfect
| I | have overpraised |
| you | have overpraised |
| he;she;it | has overpraised |
| we | have overpraised |
| you | have overpraised |
| they | have overpraised |
Past
| I | overpraised |
| you | overpraised |
| he;she;it | overpraised |
| we | overpraised |
| you | overpraised |
| they | overpraised |
Pluperfect
| I | had overpraised |
| you | had overpraised |
| he;she;it | had overpraised |
| we | had overpraised |
| you | had overpraised |
| they | had overpraised |
Future
| I | will overpraise |
| you | will overpraise |
| he;she;it | will overpraise |
| we | will overpraise |
| you | will overpraise |
| they | will overpraise |
Future Perfect
| I | will have overpraised |
| you | will have overpraised |
| he;she;it | will have overpraised |
| we | will have overpraised |
| you | will have overpraised |
| they | will have overpraised |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | overpraise |
| you | overpraise |
| he;she;it | overpraise |
| we | overpraise |
| you | overpraise |
| they | overpraise |
Perfect
| I | have overpraised |
| you | have overpraised |
| he;she;it | have overpraised |
| we | have overpraised |
| you | have overpraised |
| they | have overpraised |
Imperfect
| I | overpraised |
| you | overpraised |
| he;she;it | overpraised |
| we | overpraised |
| you | overpraised |
| they | overpraised |
Pluperfect
| I | had overpraised |
| you | had overpraised |
| he;she;it | had overpraised |
| we | had overpraised |
| you | had overpraised |
| they | had overpraised |
Conditional
Present
| I | would overpraise |
| you | would overpraise |
| he;she;it | would overpraise |
| we | would overpraise |
| you | would overpraise |
| they | would overpraise |
Perfect
| I | would have overpraised |
| you | would have overpraised |
| he;she;it | would have overpraised |
| we | would have overpraised |
| you | would have overpraised |
| they | would have overpraised |
Imperative
| you | overpraise |
| we | Let's overpraise |
| you | overpraise |
Verbs conjugated like 'overpraise'
abacinate,
abalienate,
abase,
abate,
abbreviate,
abdicate,
abduce,
aberrate,
aberuncate,
abirritate,
abjudge,
abjudicate,
abjugate,
abjure,
ablactate,
ablaqueate,
able,
ablegate,
abligate,
abnegate, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'overpraise'
overpoise,
overprice,
overprime,
overprize,
overpromise,
bepraise,
over-rate,
overbrake,
overbrowse,
overdrain,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
From Middle English overpreisen, equivalent to over- + praise.
Sample Sentences
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Near-synonyms: fawn, overflatter, toady; see also Thesaurus:suck up
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Those who are overpraised are the worst deceivers.
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There may be a tendency in the gay press to overpraise the film. It is after all a major movie by and about gay people. […] One would think that it is what gays concerned with the media have been waiting for. [1978 April 29, Michael Bronski, “Notes on a Necessary Gay Film”, in Gay Community News, page 15:]
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Near-synonyms: overcelebrate, oversell, overvalue
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He was overpraising the restaurant so much that we began to distrust the motivations behind his review.