Synonyms of belauds

belauds

verb

present tense third-person singular of belaud

as in applauds

to praise too much

critically belauded in his heyday, that early 20th-century novelist is now largely forgotten

Synonyms & Similar Words

• applauds
• congratulates
• commends
• praises
• overpraises
• massages
• butters up
• sucks (up to)
• adulates
• strokes
• soft-soaps
• blarneys
• puffs
• flatters
• honeys
• coaxes
• blandishes
• extolls
• compliments
• hero-worships
• eulogizes
• woos
• idolizes
• cajoles
• wheedles
• lauds
• extols
• kowtows
• fawns
• sweet-talks
• toadies
• felicitates
• worships
• ingratiates
• endears
• gushes
• romances
• courts
• slobbers
• slavers
• drools

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• puts down
• decries
• depreciates
• belittles
• disparages
• bad-mouths