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Synonyms for flatter
ˈflæt ərflat·ter

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  1. 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, pet

    Preposition:
    Caressed by or with the hand; caressed by admirers, at court.

Princeton's WordNet2.0 / 3 votes

  1. flatter, blandishverb

    praise somewhat dishonestly

    Synonyms:
    blandish

    Antonyms:
    pick at, belittle, disparage

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  1. flatterverb

    Synonyms:
    blandish, cajole, wheedle, compliment

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  1. List of paraphrases for "flatter":

    patronize, soothe

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How to use flatter in a sentence?

  1. Ben Carson:

    I support a plan that is much flatter and fairer, i also strongly believe that every American should pay something according to their means. We are all Americans and we all have the same rights and responsibilities.

  2. Matthew Pottinger:

    So, the Party now compiles dossiers on millions of foreign citizens around the world, using the material that it gathers to influence, target, intimidate, reward, blackmail, flatter, humiliate, and ultimately divide and conquer.

  3. Thomas Nashe:

    A traveler must have the back of an ass to bear all, a tongue like the tail of a dog to flatter all, the mouth of a hog to eat what is set before him, the ear of a merchant to hear all and say nothing.

  4. Francis Quarles:

    Flatter not thyself in thy faith in God if thou hast not charity for thy neighbor.

  5. Louis Aragon:

    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.


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