flatterer
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flat·ter 1
(flăt′ər)v. flat·tered, flat·ter·ing, flat·ters
v.tr.
1. To compliment excessively and often insincerely, especially in order to win favor.
2. To please or gratify the vanity of: "What really flatters a man is that you think him worth flattering" (George Bernard Shaw).
3.
a. To portray favorably: a photograph that flatters its subject.
b. To show off becomingly or advantageously.
v.intr.
To practice flattery.
[Middle English flateren, from Old French flater, of Germanic origin; see plat- in Indo-European roots.]
flat′ter·er n.
flat′ter·ing·ly adv.
flat·ter 2
(flăt′ər)n.
1. A flat-faced swage or hammer used by blacksmiths.
2. A die plate for flattening metal into strips, as in the manufacture of watch springs.
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flatterer
nounOne who flatters another excessively:
Informal: apple-polisher.
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Translations
مُتَمَلِّق، مُتَزَلِّف
lichotník
smigrer
skjallari, smjaîrari
lichotník
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flatterer
[ˈflætərər] n → flatteur/euse m/fCollins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
flatterer
n → Schmeichler(in) m(f)
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
flatterer
[ˈflætərəʳ] n → adulatore/triceCollins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
flatter
(ˈflӕtə) verb1. to praise too much or insincerely. Flatter him by complimenting him on his singing.
2. to show, describe etc someone or something as being better than someone etc really is. The photograph flatters him.
3. to be pleased to say about (oneself) (that one can do something). I flatter myself that I can speak French perfectly.
ˈflatterer nounˈflattery noun
insincere praise.
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