Flatter

Adjective
flatter (comparative)



Noun

 * 1) A type of set tool used by blacksmiths.
 * 2) Someone who flattens, purposely or accidently. Also flattener.

Verb
(transitive and intransitive)


 * 1) To compliment someone, often insincerely and sometimes to win favour
 * 2) To enhance someone's vanity by praising them
 * 3) To portray something to advantage.
 * 4) To convey notions of the facts that are believed to be favorable to the hearer without certainty of the truthfulness of the notions conveyed.

Adverbs for Flatter
obsequiously; fondly; grossly; hugely; slavishly; unduly; artfully; immeasurably; prettily; cunningly; adeptly; adroitly; deftly; coyly; treacherously; deceptively; coarsely; egregiously; sleekly; fatuously; expertly.

Synonyms for Flatter
praise, laud, exalt, fawn, cringe, extol, wheedle, blarney, cajole, caress, blandish, soothe, court, soften, placate, gratify, coax, please, satisfy, humor, entice.

Antonyms for Flatter
condemn, denounce, scorn, despise, mock, ignore, spurn, offend, displease, affront, taunt, disparage, belittle, anger, shock, annoy, ridicule, insult, scoff, disgrace, shame, abuse, jeer, sneer, deride.

Related terms

 * flattery
 * flatterer

Thesaurus
adorn, adulate, apotheosize, beautify, become, beguile, belaud, bend the knee, bepraise, beslobber, beslubber, blandish, bless, blow up, boast of, bootlick, bow, bow and scrape, brag about, brown-nose, butter up, cajole, celebrate, coax, complement, compliment, conceit, court, cower, crawl, creep, cringe, crouch, cry up, decorate, deify, embellish, emblazon, enhance, eulogize, exalt, extol, fawn, fawn upon, finish, flannel, glorify, grovel, hero-worship, idolize, inveigle, kneel, kowtow, laud, lick the dust, lickspittle, lionize, magnify, make fair weather, make much of, oil, oil the tongue, ornament, overpraise, palaver, panegyrize, pay tribute, perfect, play up to, porter aux nues, praise, puff, puff up, salute, shine up to, slobber over, soft-soap, stoop, suck up to, suit, sweet-talk, toadeat, toady, toady to, truckle, truckle to, trumpet, wheedle

Pronunciation




Etymology
From flatteren:, flateren:, probably a conflation of  floterian:, from, from ; and  flaðra:, from , from. Cognate with  flatteren:,  flattern:. The word may have been reinforced in meaning by unrelated  flatter:, a word of  origin, from  *undefined:. More at.

Noun

 * Polish: gładzik kowalski

Verb

 * Arabic:
 * Bosnian:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 討好, 讨好,
 * Czech: ,
 * Finnish:, ,
 * French: flatter
 * German:


 * Japanese: お世辞を言う, 諂う
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål:
 * Nynorsk: smigre
 * Polish:, pochlebiać
 * Russian: льстить
 * Spanish:, halagar


 * Finnish:
 * German: ,
 * Polish:, pochlebiać


 * Russian: льстить
 * Spanish:


 * Finnish:
 * German:


 * Russian: льстить
 * Spanish:


 * Spanish:


 * : flatter (1,2)

Etymology
From flatter:, from  flater:, of  origin, from  *undefined:, from, from. Cognate with flazza:,  flaz:,  flat:,  flatr: (>  flat:),  flet:,  flet:, flett:. More at,.

Verb

 * 1) to flatter