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[ US /ˈfɫætɝi/ ]
[ UK /flˈætəɹi/ ]
NOUN
  1. excessive or insincere praise

How To Use flattery In A Sentence

  • If he come to see me" (as it has always been reckoned a piece of neighbourly kindness to visit the sick) "he speaks vanity; that is, he pretends friendship, and that his errand is to mourn with me and to comfort me; he tells me he is very sorry to see me so much indisposed, and wishes me my health; but it is all flattery and falsehood. Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume III (Job to Song of Solomon)
  • Flattery will get you nowhere.
  • The flattery made her expand.
  • Flattery, cajolement, humble supplication and the finer maneuvers of tact, all have this in mind. The Foundations of Personality
  • Deliciously charming or incredibly irritating, depending on your point of view, he is always ready with smooth-tongued flattery, eyes innocently beaming behind his spectacles.
  • You look at love in a wise way and see the difference between flattery and genuine feelings. The Sun
  • Sincere compliments from a coworker or a boss are nice, but outrageous flattery is often an attempt to draw you into a sociopath's snare. An Interview with Martha Stout
  • Positive criticism is a good friend. Insincere flattery is a fake friend. Dr T.P.Chia 
  • Being proud and genteel New Englanders, the salon-goers covered up their patricide with flattery, duly noting Edwards's considerable intellect and pious reputation.
  • I always like to say" Immigration is the sincerest form of flattery European Scientists and America, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty
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