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Definition of Flatter
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Flatter
One who, or that which, makes flat or flattens. A flat-faced fulling hammer. A drawplate with a narrow, rectangular orifice, for drawing flat strips, as watch springs, etc. 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. To raise hopes in; to encourage or favorable, but sometimes unfounded or deceitful, representations. To portray too favorably; to give a too favorable idea of; as, his portrait flatters him. To use flattery or insincere praise. Related Definitions:
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Flatter Quotations
When your friends begin to flatter you on how young you look, it's a sure sign you're getting old. Mark Twain Though men are apt to flatter and exalt themselves with their great achievements, yet these are, in truth, very often owing not so much to design as chance. Francois de La Rochefoucauld If we did not flatter ourselves, the flattery of others could never harm us. Francois de La Rochefoucauld He who knows how to flatter also knows how to slander. Napoleon Bonaparte The more we love our friends, the less we flatter them; it is by excusing nothing that pure love shows itself. Moliere |
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Flatter Translations
flatter in Afrikaans is vlei flatter in Danish is smigre flatter in Dutch is vleien flatter in Finnish is imarrella flatter in French is adulent, aduler, flatter, adulez, adulons flatter in German is schmeicheln, flachere flatter in Italian is lusingare flatter in Latin is palpo, lenocinor flatter in Norwegian is smigre flatter in Portuguese is alisador flatter in Spanish is adular flatter in Swedish is smickra |
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