slobber over

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Definition

Verb: * To show excessive, unrestrained, and often foolish admiration or desire for someone or something. It implies a lack of dignity or self-control in one's envy or longing.

Usage

The verb "slobber over" is used to describe an action where someone expresses intense, uncritical, and undignified admiration or envy. It often carries a negative or mocking tone, suggesting the person's behavior is excessive and unattractive.

Examples
  • The fans slobbered over the celebrity's every word and gesture.
  • He spent the whole car show slobbering over the new sports car he couldn't afford.
  • She accused her colleagues of slobbering over the boss's attention and praise.
Advanced Usage
  • The phrase is almost always used figuratively. While "slobber" literally means to let saliva run from the mouth, "slobber over" describes an emotional state of excessive desire, not a physical action.
  • It can be used in both present and past contexts to criticize someone's overt and undignified envy or admiration.
Variants and Related Words
  • Slobber (verb): To let saliva or liquid run from the mouth.
    • The baby slobbered on his toy.
  • Slobbery (adjective): Wet with saliva; or, figuratively, excessively sentimental or effusive.
    • He gave her a slobbery kiss. (literal)
    • The movie's ending was a bit too slobbery for my taste. (figurative)
Synonyms
  • Drool over: To show great, often envious, pleasure or desire for something.
  • Fawn over: To flatter or display affection in an exaggerated way to gain favor.
  • Gush over: To express enthusiasm in an unrestrained, effusive manner.
  • Covet: To desire wrongfully or enviously what belongs to another.
Related Phrasal Verbs / Idioms
  • Make a fuss over: To pay excessive attention to someone or something.
    • The grandparents made a fuss over their new grandchild. (This is more positive and less critical than "slobber over").
  • Lick someone's boots: To behave in a servile way towards someone to gain favor.
    • He's always licking the manager's boots to get a promotion. (This implies subservience, while "slobber over" implies unrestrained envy or desire).
Verb
  1. envy without restraint

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