speak well of
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speak well of
verb speaks well of · speaking well of · spoke well of · spoken well of
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To say good things about someone or something.
She believed every body spoke well of him.
Similar: laud, praise, puff, brush up to, collogue, flatter, flatterize, glaver, gloze, jolly, lay it on thick, make fair weather · Opposite: speak ill of, assassinate, asperse, backbite, badmouth, befoul, belibel, besmirch, besmear, bewray, blacken, blame
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