Synonyms for flatter
ˈflæt ərflat·ter

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1. flatter

   To caress is less than to embrace; more dignified and less familiar than to fondle. A visitor caresses a friend's child; a mother fondles her babe. Fondling is always by touch; caressing may be also by words, or other tender and pleasing attentions.

   See synonyms for AFFRONT.

   Synonyms:
   caress, coddle, court, embrace, fondle, kiss, pamper, pet

   Preposition:
   Caressed by or with the hand; caressed by admirers, at court.

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1. flatter, blandishverb

   praise somewhat dishonestly

   Synonyms:
   blandish

   Antonyms:
   pick at, belittle, disparage

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1. • Praise

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1. flatterverb

   Synonyms:
   compliment, gratify by praise

2. flatterverb

   Synonyms:
   cajole, wheedle, humor, coax, court, STUFF, coddle, pay court to, fawn upon, curry favor with, try to win by adulation, make much of

3. flatterverb

   Synonyms:
   encourage by plausible representations, inspire with false hopes

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1. flatterverb

   Synonyms:
   blandish, cajole, wheedle, compliment

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1. List of paraphrases for "flatter":

   patronize, soothe

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How to use flatter in a sentence?

1. Unknown:

   The more you run over a dead cat, the flatter it gets.

2. William A. Ward:

   Flatter me, and I may not believe you. Critisize me, and I may not like you. Ignore me, and I may not forgive you.

3. Saint Augustine:

   Let no one flatter himself of himself he is Satan. Let man take sin, which is his own, and leave righteousness with God.

4. William Arthur Ward:

   Blessed is he who has learned to admire but not envy, to follow but not imitate, to praise but not flatter, and to lead but not manipulate.

5. Justice Joseph Story:

   Republics are created by the virtue, public spirit, and intelligence of the citizens. They fall, when the wise are banished from the public councils, because they dare to be honest, and the profligate are rewarded, because they flatter the people, in order to betray them.