Definition of flatter

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Flatter (v. t.) 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..

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Cajolery :: Cajolery (n.) A wheedling to delude; words used in cajoling; flattery.
Adulatress :: Adulatress (n.) A woman who flatters with servility.
Clawback :: Clawback (a.) Flattering; sycophantic.
Gloze :: Gloze (v. i.) To flatter; to wheedle; to fawn; to talk smoothly.
Outflatter :: Outflatter (v. t.) To exceed in flattering.
Soap :: Soap (v. t.) To flatter; to wheedle.
Blandiloquious :: Blandiloquious (a.) Fair-spoken; flattering.
Sugared :: Sugar (v. t.) To cover with soft words; to disguise by flattery; to compliment; to sweeten; as, to sugar reproof..
Flatteries :: Flatteries (pl. ) of Flatter.
Cajoler :: Cajoler (n.) A flatterer; a wheedler.
To :: To (prep.) Effect; end; consequence; as, the prince was flattered to his ruin; he engaged in a war to his cost; violent factions exist to the prejudice of the state..
Puff :: Puff (v. t.) To inflate with pride, flattery, self-esteem, or the like; -- often with up..
Sugar :: Sugar (n.) Compliment or flattery used to disguise or render acceptable something obnoxious; honeyed or soothing words.
Cajole :: Cajole (v. i.) To deceive with flattery or fair words; to wheedle.
Jenkins :: "Jenkins (n.) name of contempt for a flatterer of persons high in social or official life; as, the Jenkins employed by a newspaper..
Wheedle :: Wheedle (v. i.) To flatter; to coax; to cajole.
Blandiloquence :: Blandiloquence (n.) Mild, flattering speech..
Assentation :: Assentation (n.) Insincere, flattering, or obsequious assent; hypocritical or pretended concurrence..
Glaver :: Glaver (v. i.) To flatter; to wheedle.
Lick-spittle :: Lick-spittle (n.) An abject flatterer or parasite.
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