flatteries
Sweet false compliments
Flatteries are instances of excessive or insincere praise, typically offered to gain favor or manipulate: She saw through his flatteries.
The plural emphasizes specific acts of flattering rather than the general practice.
His flatteries got him nowhere with the skeptical board members.
Excessive insincere flattery
- toadyingObsequious behavior seeking favor
- obsequiousnessServile eagerness to please
- bootlickingServile flattery for advantage
- brownnosingServile flattery seeking favor
apple-polishing · kowtowing · groveling · servility · smarm · ingratiating · unctuous · oleaginous
Expressions of admiration
- adulationExtravagant, servile praise
- accoladesFormal expressions of praise
- tributesExpressions honoring someone
- commendationsFormal expressions of approval
kudos · applause · acclaim · homage · laudation · panegyric · eulogy · encomium
Attractive personal quality
- beguilingCharmingly deceptive
- sweet-talkFlatter to persuade
- coaxingPersuading through gentle persistence
- wooingRomantic pursuit of another
coquetry · allure · enticement · persuasion · smooth-talk · come-ons · endearments
Lack of genuine feeling
- lip-serviceInsincere verbal support
- duplicityDeliberate misleading behavior
- manipulationUnderhanded control of others
- guileSly, strategic dishonesty
pretense · dissembling · disingenuous · two-faced · artifice · hypocrisy
fawning
Excessive insincere flattery
- toadyingObsequious behavior seeking favor
- obsequiousnessServile eagerness to please
- bootlickingServile flattery for advantage
brownnosing · apple-polishing · kowtowing · groveling · servility · smarm · ingratiating · unctuous · oleaginous · smarmy
compliments
Expressions of admiration
- adulationExtravagant, servile praise
- accoladesFormal expressions of praise
- tributesExpressions honoring someone
commendations · kudos · applause · acclaim · homage · laudation · panegyric · eulogy · encomium · plaudits
charm
Attractive personal quality
- beguilingCharmingly deceptive
- sweet-talkFlatter to persuade
- coaxingPersuading through gentle persistence
wooing · coquetry · allure · enticement · persuasion · smooth-talk · come-ons · endearments
insincerity
Lack of genuine feeling
- lip-serviceInsincere verbal support
- duplicityDeliberate misleading behavior
- manipulationUnderhanded control of others
guile · pretense · dissembling · disingenuous · two-faced · artifice · hypocrisy
flatteriesinsults
Disparaging remarks
slurs · disparagement · put-downs · offenses · denigrations