flatter

v., -tered, -ter·ing, -ters.

v.tr.

1. To compliment excessively and often insincerely, especially in order to win favor.
2. To please or gratify the vanity of: "What really flatters a man is that you think him worth flattering" (George Bernard Shaw).
3. 1. To portray favorably: a photograph that flatters its subject.
   2. To show off becomingly or advantageously.

v.intr.
To practice flattery.

[Middle English flateren, from Old French flater, of Germanic origin.]

flatterer flat'ter·er n.
flatteringly flat'ter·ing·ly adv.

flat·ter² (flăt'ər)
n.

1. A flat-faced swage or hammer used by blacksmiths.
2. A die plate for flattening metal into strips, as in the manufacture of watch springs.

verb

1. To compliment excessively and ingratiatingly: adulate, blandish, butter up, honey, slaver. Informal soft-soap, sweet-talk. See praise/blame.
2. To look good on or with: become, enhance, suit. Idioms: put in the best light. See agree/disagree, beautiful/ugly.

v

Definition: complement, enhance
Antonyms: mismatch

v

Definition: overcompliment
Antonyms: belittle, castigate, condemn, criticize, denounce, insult, offend

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IN BRIEF: To make seem more attractive than it really is.

When our vices leave us, we flatter ourselves that we have left them. — Duc de La Rochefoucauld (1613-1680).

Dansk (Danish)
1.
v. tr. - smigre, fryde, bilde sig ind
v. intr. - bruge smiger

2.
n. - sæthammer

Nederlands (Dutch)
vleien, mooier doen lijken dan het is, doen hopen (m.n. ongefundeerde hoop), plethamer

Français (French)
1.
v. tr. - flatter
v. intr. - être flatté

2.
n. - (Tech) chasse à parer (instrument)

Deutsch (German)
1.
v. - schmeicheln

2.
n. - Breit-, Richt-, Streckhammer

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - κολακεύω, λιβανίζω

Italiano (Italian)
lusingare

Português (Portuguese)
v. - adular

Русский (Russian)
льстить, приукрашивать

Español (Spanish)
1.
v. tr. - halagar, adular, lisonjear
v. intr. - halagar, adular, lisonjear, emplear lisonjas

2.
n. - allanador, hilera de estirar alambre

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - smickra

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
1. 谄媚, 使高兴, 使感到满意, 奉承, 比好看

2. 谄媚, 奉承

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
1.
n. - 諂媚, 奉承

2.
v. tr. - 諂媚, 使高興, 使感到滿意, 奉承, 比好看
v. intr. - 諂媚, 奉承

한국어 (Korean)
1.
v. tr. - ~에게 아첨하다, 만족시키다, ~을 치켜세우다
v. intr. - 아첨하다, 알랑거리다

2.
n. - (물건을) 평평히 하는 사람, (금속세공에 쓰이는) 평평한 망치

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - …にお世辞を言う, へつらう, 喜ばせる, 楽しませる, 満足させる

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) يتملق , يداهن‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. tr. - ‮החמיא, החניף‬
v. intr. - ‮החמיא, התחנף‬
n. - ‮כלי לשיטוח המשמש מסגר בעבודתו, אדם או דבר המבצעים בשיטוח‬

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