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flatter

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verbcompliment excessively

verbcomplement, enhance

Word Origin & History

early 13c., from Old French flater "to flatter" (13c.), originally "stroke with the hand, caress," from Frankish *flat "palm, flat of the hand" (see flat (adj.)). "[O]ne of many imitative verbs beginning with fl- and denoting unsteady or light, repeated movement" [Liberman]. Related: Flattered; flattering.

Example Sentences for flatter

Very well; she might flatter herself that she had for a mother a most famous hussy.

His speech was not eloquent, nor did it flatter the Leopard Woman, but it was to the point.

I do not give you all this account, my good Sir, to flatter you.

I believe it's to flatter me you say this, for that song is my writing.

Does R—— flatter himself that his power over my heart is omnipotent?

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Synonyms for flatter

verb compliment excessively

charm
adulate
blandish
bootlick
cajole
con
court
fawn
glorify
grovel
humor
inveigle
jolly
massage
oil
overpraise
praise
salve
sell
snow
soft-soap
soften
stroke
sweet-talk
toady
wheedle
beslaver
brownnose
build up
butter up
cater to
get next to
lay it on thick
play up to
rub the right way
spread it on
suck up to
sweeten up
work on
work over

Antonyms for flatter

condemn
ignore
belittle
castigate
criticize
denounce
insult
mismatch
offend

More words related to flatter

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verb. fawn

bootlick
brown-nose
butter up
curry favor
flatter
grovel
kiss someone's feet
kowtow
lick someone's boots
suck up to
sweet-talk
toady
truckle

became

verb. enhance

accord
adorn
agree
augment
be appropriate
belong to
display
embellish
enrich
fit
flatter
garnish
go together
go with
grace
harmonize
heighten
make handsome
match
ornament
set off
suit

become

verb. enhance

accord
adorn
agree
augment
be appropriate
belong to
display
embellish
enrich
fit
flatter
garnish
go together
go with
grace
harmonize
heighten
make handsome
match
ornament
set off
suit

becomes

verb. enhance

accord
adorn
agree
augment
be appropriate
belong to
display
embellish
enrich
fit
flatter
garnish
go together
go with
grace
harmonize
heighten
make handsome
match
ornament
set off
suit

brownnose

verb. suck up to

apple-polish
back-scratch
bootlick
curry favor
fawn on
flatter
get on the right side of
kiss ass
scratch one's back
suck up to
toady

butter up

verb. charm someone with flattery

adulate
bootlick
brownnose
build up
cajole
flatter
inveigle
lay it on thick
massage
play up to
soften
spread it on
stroke
suck up to
sweet-talk
work on

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became

become

becomes

brownnose

butter up

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