buttering up

Synonyms

blarney orchid encomium flattery cajolery soft-soap good word felicitation smarm snow job puppet show self-abasing sycophantish overpraising

Antonyms

pontifical cavalier billingsgate quinine scornful swash
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Examples

Remember, man does not live on bread alone: sometimes he needs a little buttering up. John C. Maxwell

Words in the phrase

buttering up

Close letter words and terms

butterine butteriness buttering butteris butterish butterknife