slobber oversomeone
phrasal verbwithslobberverb[I]disapprovinguk/ˈslɒb.ər/us/ˈslɑː.bɚ/
informaldisapprovingto show how much youadmireand like someone, in a way thatshowslittlecontrol:
Ted wasslobberingover theprettynewassistantinmarketing.
Praising insincerely or too eagerly
- backhanded compliment
- bootlicker
- bow and scrapeidiom
- crawler
- creep
- fawn
- flummery
- glad-handing
- grovel
- hagiographic
- idealization
- massagesomeone'segoidiom
- obsequious
- people pleaser
- play up tosomeone
- schmooze
- slobber
- toady
- toadying
- unctuous