blarney

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noun

Excessive, ingratiating praise: adulation, blandishment, flattery, incense, oil, slaver. Informal soft soap. Idioms: honeyed words. See praise/blame.

For a list of words related to blarney, see:

• Expressions of Feeling - blarney: flatter, wheedle, or con
• Praise, Exaltation, Flattery, and Applause - blarney: clever, often coaxing flattery; cajolery

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - smiger, smisken
v. tr. - besnakke, smigre
v. intr. - smiske

Nederlands (Dutch)
gefleem, bepraten

Français (French)
n. - boniment, bobards (fam)
v. tr. - manier la flatterie
v. intr. - enjôler, embobiner

Deutsch (German)
n. - Schmeichelei, dummes Zeug
v. - schmeicheln

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - γαλιφιές, καλοπιάσματα
v. - καλοπιάνω

Italiano (Italian)
adulazione

Português (Portuguese)
n. - bajulação (f)
v. - bajular

Русский (Russian)
лесть, заигрывание

Español (Spanish)
n. - coba, zalamería
v. tr. - lisonjear
v. intr. - decir lisonjas o zalamerías

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - fagert tal, inställsamhet
v. - smickra, locka

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
谄媚, 奉承话, 奉承, 哄骗

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 諂媚, 奉承話
v. tr. - 奉承, 哄騙
v. intr. - 奉承, 哄騙

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 아첨
v. tr. - ~에게 아첨하다, ~을 아첨하여 속이다
v. intr. - 아첨하다

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - お世辞, たわごと
v. - お世辞を言う, 甘言で口説く

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) مداهنه, تملق, كلام جميل بلا معنى (فعل) داهن‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮חנופה, חנפנות‬
v. tr. - ‮החניף‬
v. intr. - ‮החניף‬

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