Definition of flatter

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Flatter (v. t.) To treat with praise or blandishments; to gratify or attempt to gratify the self-love or vanity of, esp. by artful and interested commendation or attentions; to blandish; to cajole; to wheedle..

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Claw :: Claw (n.) To relieve from some uneasy sensation, as by scratching; to tickle; hence, to flatter; to court..
Flatter :: Flatter (v. t.) To raise hopes in; to encourage or favorable, but sometimes unfounded or deceitful, representations..
Glozer :: Glozer (n.) A flatterer.
Flatteringly :: Flatteringly (adv.) With flattery.
Cogger :: Cogger (n.) A flatterer or deceiver; a sharper.
Obsequious :: Obsequious (a.) Servilely or meanly attentive; compliant to excess; cringing; fawning; as, obsequious flatterer, parasite..
Assentatory :: Assentatory (a.) Flattering; obsequious.
Flatter :: Flatter (v. t.) To portray too favorably; to give a too favorable idea of; as, his portrait flatters him..
Coax :: Coax (v. t.) To persuade by gentle, insinuating courtesy, flattering, or fondling; to wheedle; to soothe..
Sycophant :: Sycophant (v. t.) To play the sycophant toward; to flatter obsequiously.
Flatter :: Flatter (n.) A drawplate with a narrow, rectangular orifice, for drawing flat strips, as watch springs, etc..
Plebicolist :: Plebicolist (n.) One who flatters, or courts the favor of, the common people; a demagogue..
Flattered :: Flattered (imp. & p. p.) of Flatte.
Captation :: Captation (n.) A courting of favor or applause, by flattery or address; a captivating quality; an attraction..
Soothe :: Soothe (a.) To assent to; to comply with; to gratify; to humor by compliance; to please with blandishments or soft words; to flatter.
Sycophantism :: Sycophantish (a.) Like a sycophant; obsequiously flattering.
Mignon :: Mignon (v. t.) To flatter.
Gloze :: Gloze (v. i.) To flatter; to wheedle; to fawn; to talk smoothly.
Jenkins :: "Jenkins (n.) name of contempt for a flatterer of persons high in social or official life; as, the Jenkins employed by a newspaper..
Inveigle :: Inveigle (v. t.) To lead astray as if blind; to persuade to something evil by deceptive arts or flattery; to entice; to insnare; to seduce; to wheedle.
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