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flattery 音标拼音: [fl'ætɚi] n. 谄媚,阿谀,巴结 谄媚,阿谀,巴结 flattery n 1: excessive or insincere praise Flattery \Flat"ter*y\, n.; pl. {Flatteries}. [OE. flaterie, OF. flaterie, F. flaterie, fr. flater to flatter, F. flatter; of uncertain origin. See {Flatter}, v. t.] The act or practice of flattering; the act of pleasing by artful commendation or compliments; adulation; false, insincere, or excessive praise. [1913 Webster] Just praise is only a debt, but flattery is a present. --Rambler. [1913 Webster] Flattery corrupts both the receiver and the giver. --Burke. Syn: Adulation; compliment; obsequiousness. See {Adulation}. [1913 Webster] 45 Moby Thesaurus words for "flattery":
accolade, adulation, apotheosis, ass-kissing, beguilement, bepraisement, blandishment, blarney, brown-nosing, cajolery, congratulation, deification, eloge, encomium, eulogium, eulogy, exaltation, excessive praise, glorification, glory, hero worship, homage, hommage, honeyed words, honor, idolatry, idolizing, incense, kudos, laud, laudation, lionizing, magnification, meed of praise, oil, overpraise, paean, panegyric, praise, soft, soft soap, sweet talk, tribute, truckling, wheedling
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