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Definition of Flatter
1. Verb. Praise somewhat dishonestly. "Sam cannot flatter Sue "
Specialized synonyms: Soft-soap, Adulate, Stroke, Bootlick, Fawn, Kotow, Kowtow, Suck Up, Toady, Truckle, Brown-nose, Butter Up
Generic synonyms: Praise
Derivative terms: Blandishment, Blandishment, Flatterer, Flattery
Antonyms: Disparage
Definition of Flatter
1. n. One who, or that which, makes flat or flattens.
2. v. t. To treat with praise or blandishments; to gratify or attempt to gratify the self-love or vanity of, esp. by artful and interested commendation or attentions; to blandish; to cajole; to wheedle.
3. v. i. To use flattery or insincere praise.
Definition of Flatter
1. Adjective. (comparative of flat) ¹
2. Noun. A type of set tool used by blacksmiths. ¹
3. Noun. Someone who flattens, purposely or accidently. Also flattener. ¹
4. Verb. To compliment someone, often insincerely and sometimes to win favour ¹
5. Verb. To enhance someone's vanity by praising them ¹
6. Verb. To portray something to advantage. ¹
7. Verb. To convey notions of the facts that are believed to be favorable to the hearer without certainty of the truthfulness of the notions conveyed. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Flatter
1. to praise excessively [v -ED, -ING, -S]
Medical Definition of Flatter
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1. One who, or that which, makes flat or flattens.
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Flatter
Literary usage of Flatter
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Pilgrim's Progress by John Bunyan (1860)
"seek to stifle them, and presumptuously continue to flatter themselves in the
way of their own hearts. HOPE. I do believe as you say, that fear tends much ..."
2. The Annals of Tennessee to the End of the Eighteenth Century: Comprising Its by James Gettys McGready Ramsey (1853)
"The Bend of Tennessee being allowed for your men, I flatter myself, ... It is a
crisis by which a young people may rise in estimation, and I flatter myself, ..."
3. The Writings of George Washington: Being His Correspondence, Addresses by George Washington (1847)
"You will add, that I will do every thing on my part to give success to the intended
operations, and that I flatter myself they will be attended with the ..."
4. A New Method of Learning the French Language: Embracing Both the Analytic by Louis Fasquelle (1866)
"IMPERATIVE MODE. do not flatter thyself let him not flatter himself let one not
flatter himself let us not flatter ourselves do not flatter yourselves let ..."
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