flattery

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UK /ˈflæt.ə.ɹi/ US /ˈflæt.ɚ.i/

noun 2name 1

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(noun.)

ADJ

artificial

VERB + FLATTERY

use

He tried to use flattery to convince his teacher to give him a better grade.

fall for

My brother kept falling for the flattery from his new friends, even though their compliments seemed insincere.

PREP

through ~

She managed to win her boss's support through flattery and compliments about his management skills.

with ~

He tried to win her support with flattery, but she saw through his compliments.

Definitions

noun

Excessive praise or approval, which is often insincere and sometimes contrived to win favour.

Don't you know that some of his contributions here are pure flattery?

That the young Mr. Churchills liked—but they did not like him coming round of an evening and drinking weak whisky-and-water while he held forth on railway debentures and corporation loans. Mr. Barrett, however, by fawning and flattery, seemed to be able to make not only Mrs. Churchill but everyone else do what he desired.

An instance of excessive praise.

But I pitty the flatteries, and ſelfe-applauſes of a careleſſe and impenitent heart: This jollity hath in it much danger, and vvithout ſome change, death.

name

A surname from Irish.

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Idioms & Phrases

imitation is the sincerest form of flattery

Copying or mimicking another individual is a sign of admiration of that person.

Example Bank

Don't you know that some of his contributions here are pure flattery?

Wiktionary

But I pitty the flatteries, and ſelfe-applauſes of a careleſſe and impenitent heart: This jollity hath in it much danger, and vvithout ſome change, death.

Wiktionary

The attendant is good at flattery.

Tatoeba · #44282

The cabin attendant is good at flattery.

Tatoeba · #48737

There is nothing to be gained by flattery.

Tatoeba · #64347

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