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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Compliment :: Compliment (v. t.) To praise, flatter, or gratify, by expressions of approbation, respect, or congratulation; to make or pay a compliment to..
Cajoler :: Cajoler (n.) A flatterer; a wheedler.
Adulatress :: Adulatress (n.) A woman who flatters with servility.
Smooth-spoken :: Smooth-spoken (a.) Speaking smoothly; plausible; flattering; smooth-tongued.
Candied :: Candied (a.) Figuratively; Honeyed; sweet; flattering.
Fume :: Fume (v. t.) To praise inordinately; to flatter.
Fawn :: Fawn (n.) A servile cringe or bow; mean flattery; sycophancy.
Blandish :: Blandish (v. t.) To flatter with kind words or affectionate actions; to caress; to cajole.
Conceited :: Conceited (a.) Entertaining a flattering opinion of one's self; vain.
Lick-spittle :: Lick-spittle (n.) An abject flatterer or parasite.
Parasite :: Parasite (n.) One who frequents the tables of the rich, or who lives at another's expense, and earns his welcome by flattery; a hanger-on; a toady; a sycophant..
Flatter :: Flatter (n.) One who, or that which, makes flat or flattens..
Glozer :: Glozer (n.) A flatterer.
Assentation :: Assentation (n.) Insincere, flattering, or obsequious assent; hypocritical or pretended concurrence..
Smooth :: Smooth (v. i.) To flatter; to use blandishment.
To :: To (prep.) Effect; end; consequence; as, the prince was flattered to his ruin; he engaged in a war to his cost; violent factions exist to the prejudice of the state..
Fawn :: Fawn (v. i.) To court favor by low cringing, frisking, etc., as a dog; to flatter meanly; -- often followed by on or upon..
Wheedle :: Wheedle (v. t.) To entice by soft words; to cajole; to flatter; to coax.
Courtier :: Courtier (n.) One who courts or solicits favor; one who flatters.
Toadeater :: Toadeater (n.) A fawning, obsequious parasite; a mean sycophant; a flatterer; a toady..
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