Flattery
['flæt(ə)rɪ] or ['flætəri]
Definition
(v. t.) The act or practice of flattering; the act of pleasing by artiful commendation or compliments; adulation; false, insincere, or excessive praise.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [1]. Compliment, insincere commendation, false praise.[2]. Obsequiousness, sycophancy, servility, cajolery, fawning, adulation, blarney, SOFT SAWDER, SOFT SOAP.
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Unserious Contents or Definition
Cologne water, to be smelled of but not swallowed.
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Examples
- Hannah, on the contrary, demanded no respect, only flattery. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- There, you are less than civil now; and I like rudeness a great deal better than flattery. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- But he was now married; and she condemned her heart for the lurking flattery, which so much heightened the pain of the intelligence. Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility.
- Among such friends, however, and such flattery, he did revive. Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility.
- Now, the very grossness of this flattery put Bella upon proving that she actually did please in spite of herself. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- Successful love may sometimes use the language of flattery, I admit. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- By a mixture of boasting, subtlety, and flattery he won over the young and ambitious Tsar, Alexander I--he was just thirty years old--to an alliance. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- To break him in by severity would be a useless attempt; to win him by flattery would be an effort worse than useless. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- There was much flattery of the young god, much detraction of Philip, at which Alexander had smiled with satisfaction. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Her ignorance is hourly flattery. Jane Austen. Emma.
- Flattery they scorn very much; honest abuse they enjoy. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- Now, I am accessible to a woman's flattery--accessible against my reason. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- Take care they don't spoil you by flattery. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- But the crazy notion was, nevertheless, present henceforth in his brain, ready to be inflamed by wine or flattery. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- She never came into a family but she strove to bring misery with her and to weaken the most sacred affections with her wicked flattery and falsehoods. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- Lead her from the festive boards, Point her to the starry skies, Guard her, by your truthful words, Pure from courtship's flatteries. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
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