flattery

English

Noun

flattery (countable and uncountable; plural flatteries)

1. (uncountable) Excessive praise or approval, which is often insincere and sometimes contrived to win favour.
2. (countable) An instance of excessive praise.

Synonyms

• See also Wikisaurus:flattery

Related terms

• flatter
• flattered
• flattering

Translations

excessive praise

• Bulgarian: ласкателство (bg) (laskatelstvo) n
• Czech: lichocení (cs) n, pochlebování (cs) n
• Dutch: vleierij (nl) f
• German: Schmeichelei (de) f, Schöntuerei (de) f, (colloquial) Schmus (de) m
• Italian: salamelecchi (it) pl
• Lithuanian: meilikavimas (lt) m
• Polish: pochlebstwo (pl) n

• Portuguese: lisonja (pt) f, bajulação (pt) f
• Spanish: adulación (es) f, zalamería (es) f
• Tok Pisin: gris (tpi)
• Volapük: flät (vo)

instant of excessive praise

• Czech: lichotka (cs) f
• German: (colloquial) Geschmeichel (de) n

• Polish: pochlebstwo (pl) n
• Spanish: piropo (es) m, camelo (es) m, lisonja (es) f, requiebro (es) m, halago (es) m, flor (es) f
• Tok Pisin: gris (tpi)

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Translations to be checked

• Catalan: adulació
• Finnish: imartelu, mielistely
• German: Schmeichelei (de) f
• Spanish: peloteo (es) m, adulación (es) f
• Hungarian: hízelgés

Anagrams

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