flattery

n., pl., -ies.

1. The act or practice of flattering.
2. Excessive or insincere praise.

noun

Excessive, ingratiating praise: adulation, blandishment, blarney, incense², oil, slaver. Informal soft soap. Idioms: honeyed words. See praise/blame.

n

Definition: false praise, compliments
Antonyms: belittlement, castigation, condemnation, criticism, denunciation, insult, offense

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Quotes:

"The coin that is most current among mankind is flattery: the only benefit of which is that by hearing what we are not, we may be instructed on what to become." - Source Unknown

"A flatterer is one who says things to your face that he wouldn't say behind your back." - Source Unknown

"Flattery is all right if you don't inhale." - Adlai E. Stevenson

"I cannot think of any character below the flatterer, except he who envies him." - Sir Richard Steele

"None are more taken in by flattery than the proud, who wish to be the first and are not." - Baruch (Benedict de) Spinoza

"Baloney is flattery laid on so thick it cannot be true, and blarney is flattery so thin we love it." - Fulton John Sheen

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - smiger

Nederlands (Dutch)
gevlei

Français (French)
n. - flatterie

Deutsch (German)
n. - Schmeichelei

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - κολακεία, γαλιφιά

Italiano (Italian)
lusinghe, lusinga

Português (Portuguese)
n. - bajulação (f)

Русский (Russian)
лесть

Español (Spanish)
n. - adulación, lisonja, halago

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - smicker

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
谄媚, 巴结, 阿谀

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 諂媚, 巴結, 阿諛

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 아첨 , 아부

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - おべっか, へつらい

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) مداهنه , إطراء‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮מחמאה, חנופה‬

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