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Synonyms for flatter
ˈflæt ərflat·ter
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English Synonyms and Antonyms
flatter
To caress is less than to embrace; more dignified and less familiar than to fondle. A visitor caresses a friend's child; a mother fondles her babe. Fondling is always by touch; caressing may be also by words, or other tender and pleasing attentions.
See synonyms for AFFRONT.
Synonyms:
caress, coddle, court, embrace, fondle, kiss, pamper, petPreposition:
Caressed by or with the hand; caressed by admirers, at court.
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flatterverb
Synonyms:
compliment, gratify by praiseflatterverb
Synonyms:
cajole, wheedle, humor, coax, court, STUFF, coddle, pay court to, fawn upon, curry favor with, try to win by adulation, make much offlatterverb
Synonyms:
encourage by plausible representations, inspire with false hopes
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
flatterverb
Synonyms:
blandish, cajole, wheedle, compliment
Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#608 | court | |
#1803 | pet | |
#4618 | kiss | |
#10795 | embrace | |
#31815 | pamper | |
#33091 | soothe | |
#35865 | caress | |
#35995 | flatter | |
#77936 | patronize | |
#93814 | fondle | |
#162842 | coddle |
How to use flatter in a sentence?
Nevertheless the passions, whether violent or not, should never be so expressed as to reach the point of causing disgust; and music, even in situations of the greatest horror, should never be painful to the ear but should flatter and charm it, and thereby always remain music.
The focus will be on supporting Vincenzo Nibali and protecting through the flatter, mid-mountain stages, then, when it comes to the key stages, Vincenzo Nibali can do Vincenzo Nibali thing.
There exists a black kingdom which the eyes of man avoid because its landscape fails signally to flatter them. This darkness, which he imagines he can dispense with in describing the light, is error with its unknown characteristics. Error is certainty's constant companion. Error is the corollary of evidence. And anything said about truth may equally well be said about error: the delusion will be no greater.
Flatter me, and I may not believe you. Critisize me, and I may not like you. Ignore me, and I may not forgive you.
Don't flatter yourself that friendship authorizes you to say disagreeable things to your intimates. The nearer you come into relation with a person, the more necessary do tact and courtesy become. Except in cases of necessity, which are rare, leave your friend to learn unpleasant things from his enemies they are ready enough to tell them.
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- تملقArabic
- превъзнасям, ласкаяBulgarian
- lichotit, pochlebovatCzech
- anbiedern, einschmeicheln, schmeichelnGerman
- adular, retocar, lisonjear, halagarSpanish
- تملق گفتنPersian
- mielistellä, imarrella, nuoleskella, kaunistellaFinnish
- flatterFrench
- cuachIrish
- החמיאHebrew
- चापलूसी करनाHindi
- hízelegHungarian
- lusingare, adulareItalian
- お世辞を言う, 諂うJapanese
- 아부하다, 치켜세우다, 알랑거리다, 아첨하다Korean
- blimmelenLuxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- complimenterenDutch
- smigreNorwegian
- schlebiać, gładzik kowalski, pochlebiaćPolish
- bajular, adularPortuguese
- льститьRussian
- ла̏скати, lȁskatiSerbo-Croatian
- nịnh nọtVietnamese
- 奉承Chinese
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