flatter
Butter someone up
To flatter is to praise someone, often insincerely or excessively, usually to win favor or manipulate: He flattered her to get the promotion.
Flattery may also be genuine admiration: I'm flattered you asked.
To say something flatters a person means it makes them look good: That dress flatters your figure.
To flatter yourself is to hold an inflated self-opinion.
Persuade through flattery
- fawnYoung deer, or flatter
- adulatePraise to excess
- blandishCoax through flattery
- butter upFlatter insincerely for advantage
woo · toady · kowtow · grovel · suck up · bootlick · pander · truckle
Words expressing approval
- admireRegard with approval
- commendExpress approval of
- laudTo voice high esteem
- extolPraise with enthusiasm
acclaim · applaud · appreciate · congratulate · honor · tribute · accolade · kudos
What makes complete
- suitMatched formal garments
- becomeChange into another state
- accentuateTo give emphasis
- highlightMost notable part
show off · enhance · beautify · grace · favor · adorn · embellish · set off
Cause false belief
- beguileCharm into deception
- deludeLead into false belief
- hoodwinkTrick into false belief
- dupeDeceive or victim
snow · inveigle · string along · con · bamboozle · two-faced · insincere · false praise
Excessive pride in oneself
- narcissismExcessive admiration of oneself
- conceitExaggerated self-admiration
- self-esteemOne's sense of worth
- prideSatisfaction from one's achievements
arrogance · hubris · egotism · self-importance · smugness · self-admiration · self-love · vainglory
cajole
Persuade through flattery
butter up · woo · toady · kowtow · grovel · suck up · bootlick · pander · truckle · brown-nose
compliment
Words expressing approval
extol · acclaim · applaud · appreciate · congratulate · honor · tribute · accolade · kudos · recognition
complement
What makes complete
- suitMatched formal garments
- becomeChange into another state
- accentuateTo give emphasis
highlight · show off · enhance · beautify · grace · favor · adorn · embellish · set off · showcase
mislead
Cause false belief
dupe · snow · inveigle · string along · con · bamboozle · two-faced · insincere · false praise · empty words
vanity
Excessive pride in oneself
- narcissismExcessive admiration of oneself
- conceitExaggerated self-admiration
- self-esteemOne's sense of worth
pride · arrogance · hubris · egotism · self-importance · smugness · self-admiration · self-love · vainglory · boastfulness
- flatterypraise, compliment, compliments, blandishment, fawning
- persuasion tacticscharm, butter up, coax, manipulation, sweet-talk
- vocalizationsspeak, speaking, talking, whisper, shout
- comics jobswriter, artist, penciler, penciller, inker
- metalworking toolshammer, anvil, forge, tongs, bellows
- blacksmith toolsball peen hammer, sledgehammer, tongs, hardy, fuller
- flatten the curveSpread outbreak over longer period
- flatten outMake smooth and even
- flattened outMade level throughout
- flatter oneselfHold inflated self-opinion
- flattening outMaking uniformly level
- flattening the curveSpreading outbreak's burden temporally
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