1) Adulation 2) Blandation 3) Blandishment 4) Blarney 5) Cajolery 6) Nonsense 7) Oil 8) Palaver 9) Smarm 10) Softsoap 11) Sycophancy
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1) Adulation 2) Blandiloquence 3) Blandishment 4) Cajolery 5) Captation 6) Compliment 7) Coquetry 8) Excessive or insincere praise 9) Excessive praise 10) Fawning 11) Flunkeyism 12) Forte of a sycophant 13) French word used in English 14) Gloze 15) Insincere praise 16) It will get you nowhere 17) Obsequiousness
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Flattery (also called adulation or blandishment) is the act of giving excessive compliments, generally for the purpose of ingratiating oneself with the subject. Historically, flattery has been used as a standard form of discourse when addressing a king or queen. In the Renaissance, it was a common practice among writers to flatter the reigning mon...
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• (v. t.) The act or practice of flattering; the act of pleasing by artiful commendation or compliments; adulation; false, insincere, or excessive praise.
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Flat'ter·y noun ;
plural Flatteries . [ Middle English
flaterie , Old French
flaterie , French
flaterie , from
flater to flatter, French
flatter ; of uncertain origin. See
Flatter ,
transitive verb ] The act or practi...
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[
n] - excessive or insincere praise
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flattery 1. Phony express. 2. The art of patting someone on the back in order to turn that person's head.
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noun excessive or insincere praise
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the act of flattering. · a flattering compliment or speech; excessive, insincere praise.
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