もてはやす

[持てはやす] ¶彼の劇は批評家にもてはやされた

His play was highly thought of by the critics.

持て囃す
to praise extravagantly
to lionize
to make much of

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もてはやす【持てはやす】

¶彼の劇は批評家にもてはやされた

His play was highly thought of by the critics.

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もてはやす【持て囃す】

1 〔ほめそやす〕 praise [extol] sb to the skies; go overboard 《for…》; talk much 《about…》; make [think] much of…; make a lion [hero] of sb; lionize.

●もてはやされる be lionized; be (much) sought after; be in much request; be made much of

・ピアノの名手として世界中にもてはやされる be hailed [acclaimed] the world over as a great pianist.

2 〔珍重する〕 prize; value; treasure.