Flattery
11Flattery — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Flattery >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 flattery flattery adulation gloze Sgm: N 1 blandishment blandishment blandiloquence Sgm: N 1 cajolery cajolery Sgm: N 1 fawning fawning wheedling & …
12flattery — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Undue adulation Nouns 1. flattery, adulation, blandishment, cajolery; fawning, wheedling, coquetry, sycophancy, flunkeyism, servility, toadying, incense, honeyed words, flummery, blarney; lip service,… …
13flattery — flat|ter|y [ flætəri ] noun uncount praise that is not sincere but is intended to get you something that you want: She decided that a bit of flattery might bring results. flattery will get you anywhere SPOKEN used in a humorous way for telling… …
14flattery — noun (U) insincere praise: She uses a mixture of charm and flattery to get what she wants. | flattery will get you nowhere! huymorous spoken (=flattery will not help you get what you want from me) …
15flattery — UK [ˈflætərɪ] / US noun [uncountable] praise that is not sincere but is intended to get you something that you want She decided that a bit of flattery might bring results. • flattery will get you anywhere/everywhere spoken used in a humorous way… …
16flattery — n. to resort to, use flattery * * * [ flæt(ə)rɪ] use flattery to resort to …
17flattery — [[t]flæ̱təri[/t]] N UNCOUNT (disapproval) Flattery consists of flattering words or behaviour. He is ambitious and susceptible to flattery …
18flattery — flat|ter|y [ˈflætəri] n [U] 1.) praise that you do not really mean 2.) flattery will get you nowhere/everywhere used humorously when someone has praised you and you want to say that you will help them or not help them …
19flattery n — A plateau is a high form of flattery …
20flattery — To compliment excessively. Often flattery refers to such compliments given insincerely, especially in order to win favor or gratify someone s vanity. Also see mirror …
