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flattery::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | compliment |
| Has types | blandishment, blarney, cajolery, coaxing, palaver, puffery, soft soap, adulation, sweet talk |
| Derivation | flatter |
Examples of flattery
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Zheng's way of thinking is profound and upright and he never stoops to flattery.
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Bin Laden, meanwhile, kept after the Taliban leader with a campaign of flattery.
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The best diplomats walk a fine line between flattery and the Stockholm syndrome.
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The junior high student was quickly smitten by the man's smooth online flattery.
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They were much-parodied, too, but some say that is the highest form of flattery.
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He employs deceit, insults and ingratiating flattery in equal, copious portions.
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Januarie, a vain man, hears only the flattery of his sycophantic friend Placebo.
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You know what they say about imitation being the most sincere form of flattery?
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For younger players, though, it's not so much awe as the flattery of imitation.
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- Excessive or insincere praise
- Flattery (also called adulation or blandishment) is the act of giving excessive compliments, generally for the purpose of ingratiating oneself with the subject.
- (flattered) In a positive mood because of a comment or action which causes one to feel proud of oneself
- A negotiating technique, usually used something like this; "You're obviously have great taste. I'm sure you want to get to work on your next home, so maybe we can find a way to make this work today."
- As a Mennonite, Houbraken would have been against flattery; however, he writes again and again of the importance of flattering one's patrons in his books, and a recurring theme is when an artist fell onto bad times because he failed to flatter his patron. ...
- N., a place that manufactures A and B cup brassieres only.
