- overesteem
- \\| ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷\ transitive verb
: to esteem too highly
Useful english dictionary. 2012.
overesteem
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overrate — /oh veuhr rayt /, v.t., overrated, overrating. to rate or appraise too highly; overestimate: I think you overrate their political influence. [1580 90; OVER + RATE1] Syn. overpraise, overesteem, magnify. * * * … Universalium
exaggerate — Synonyms and related words: accelerate, aggrandize, aggravate, amplify, ballyhoo, be untruthful, beef up, belie, blow up, build up, burlesque, camouflage, caricature, carry too far, color, complicate, concentrate, condense, consolidate, deceive,… … Moby Thesaurus
idealize — Synonyms and related words: apotheosize, deify, dematerialize, disembody, disincarnate, elevate, ennoble, etherealize, exaggerate, exalt, glorify, immaterialize, overappraise, overassess, overcalculate, overcount, overesteem, overestimate,… … Moby Thesaurus
idolize — Synonyms and related words: accord respect to, admire, adore, adulate, apotheosize, appreciate, belaud, bepraise, bless, blow up, boast of, brag about, celebrate, cherish, cry up, dearly love, defer to, deify, do homage to, do service, dote,… … Moby Thesaurus
overestimate — Synonyms and related words: aggrandize, amplify, ballyhoo, build up, burlesque, caricature, carry too far, draw the longbow, exaggerate, exaggeration, go to extremes, hyperbolize, idealize, idolize, lay it on, magnify, make much of, overappraisal … Moby Thesaurus
overreact — Synonyms and related words: aggrandize, amplify, ballyhoo, build up, burlesque, caricature, carry too far, draw the longbow, exaggerate, exhaust, go overboard, go to extremes, go too far, hyperbolize, idealize, know no bounds, lay it on, magnify … Moby Thesaurus
overstate — Synonyms and related words: aggrandize, amplify, ballyhoo, belie, blow up, build up, burlesque, camouflage, caricature, carry too far, color, disguise, distort, draw the longbow, dress up, embellish, embroider, enlarge, exaggerate, falsify, fudge … Moby Thesaurus
overvalue — Synonyms and related words: adore, cherish, exaggerate, idealize, idolize, overappraise, overassess, overcalculate, overcount, overesteem, overestimate, overmeasure, overprize, overrate, overreact to, overreckon, overstate, prize, treasure,… … Moby Thesaurus
overrate — v overestimate, overvalue, overesteem, overprize, exaggerate [s.t. s or s.o. s] worth, make too much of, attach too much importance to, think too much of, expect too much of … A Note on the Style of the synonym finder
overvalue — v overestimate, overrate, overesteem, overprize, exaggerate [s.t. s or s.o. s] worth, make too much of, attach too much importance to, think too much of, expect too much of … A Note on the Style of the synonym finder
