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Definition of Flattery
1. Noun. Excessive or insincere praise.
Specialized synonyms: Adulation, Blandishment, Cajolery, Palaver, Blarney, Coaxing, Soft Soap, Sweet Talk, Puffery
Derivative terms: Flatter
Definition of Flattery
1. n. The act or practice of flattering; the act of pleasing by artful commendation or compliments; adulation; false, insincere, or excessive praise.
Definition of Flattery
1. Noun. Excessive praise or approval, which is often insincere and sometimes contrived to win favour. ¹
2. Noun. An instance of excessive praise. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Flattery
1. the act of flattering [n -TERIES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Flattery
Literary usage of Flattery
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Works of Hannah More by Hannah More (1835)
"The pernicious power of flattery on a female mind, so skilfully exemplified in
that memorable scene in which the bloody Richard conquers the aversion of the ..."
2. The Annual Register edited by Edmund Burke (1773)
"I Have never met with any monument of flattery in the molt remote ages of antiquity;
there is no flattery in Homer, ..."
3. Seneca's Morals by Lucius Annaeus Seneca (1818)
"THE DANGER OF flattery, AND IN WHAT CASES A MAN MAY BE ALLOWED TO COMMEND HIMSELF.
... Study but the art of flattery, (which is now-a-days so acceptable, ..."
4. Daniel Defoe: His Life and Recently Discovered Writings: Extending from 1716 by Lee, William, Daniel Defoe (1869)
"flattery is out of my Circle, it is a Manufacture peculiar to a Sort of People
that I do not converse with, and indeed do not desire to converse with; ..."
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