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flatterer

/flat-er/US // ˈflæt ər //UK // (ˈflætə) //

谄媚者,拍马者,奉承者,谄媚的人

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Definitions

v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : to try to please by complimentary remarks or attention.
    • : to praise or compliment insincerely, effusively, or excessively: She flatters him by constantly praising his books.
    • : to represent favorably; gratify by falsification: The portrait flatters her.
    • : to show to advantage: a hairstyle that flatters the face.
    • : to play upon the vanity or susceptibilities of; cajole, wheedle, or beguile: They flattered him into contributing heavily to the foundation.
    • : to please or gratify by compliments or attentions: I was flattered by their invitation.
    • : to feel satisfaction with, especially with reference to an accomplishment, act, or occasion: He flattered himself that the dinner had gone well.
    • : to beguile with hope; encourage prematurely, falsely, etc.
v.无主动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : to use flattery.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Examples

  • The term, an able courtier, implies blame rather than praise, since it too often means an able flatterer.

  • But trust her not, when she speaks of me, for she is a flatterer.

  • How beautiful a girl she must now be if that photograph was no flatterer!

  • He was not a parasite or a flatterer even of the great, but met them apparently on equal terms, as a monarch of the mind.

  • Her own works praise her, and the mere flatterer's tongue is awed into respectful silence.