overrespect
verbEtymology
From over- + respect.
Definitions
To show excessive respect for (something or someone).
- People who were timid and liberals who overrespected him, old man William treated icily. He stood on the porch with hands in his pockets, rocking on his slanted heels, squinting with his webbed eyes, wearing a curl to his lips.
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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA