noun
false praise, compliments
Synonyms: adulation, applause, approbation, blandishment, blarney, bootlicking, cajolery, commendation, encomium, eulogy, eyewash, fawning, flattering, flummery, fulsomeness, gallantry, gratification, hokum, honeyed words, incense, ingratiation, jive, laud, mush, obsequiousness, palaver, plaudits, pretty speech, puffery, servility, smoke, snow, snow job, soft-soap, soft words, stroke, sweet talk, sycophancy, toadyism, tribute, truckling, unctuousness
Antonyms: belittlement, castigation, condemnation, criticism, denunciation, insult, offense