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| Main Entry: | flattery |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | false praise, compliments |
| Synonyms: | adulation, applause, approbation, blarney*, commendation, encomium, eulogy, fawning*, flattering, gallantry, gratification, incense, laud, mush*, palaver, plaudits, puffery*, smoke*, snow*, snow job*, stroke*, sweet talk*, tribute, blandishment, bootlicking, cajolery, eyewash, flummery, fulsomeness, hokum, honeyed words, ingratiation, jive*, obsequiousness, pretty speech, servility, soft words, soft-soap, sycophancy, toadyism, truckling, unctuousness |
| Antonyms: | condemnation, criticism, denunciation, insult, offense, belittlement, castigation |
* = informal/non-formal usage
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| Synonyms: |
-nouns
flattery, adulation, gloze; blandishment, blandiloquence; cajolery; fawning, wheedling; captation, coquetry, obsequiousness, sycophancy, flunkeyism, toadeating, tuft-hunting; snobbishness., incense, honeyed words, flummery; bunkum, buncombe; blarney, placebo, butter; soft soap, soft sawder; rose water., voice of the charmer, mouth honor; lip homage; euphemism; unctuousness.
-verbs
flatter, praise to the skies, puff; wheedle, cajole, glaver, coax; fawn upon, faun upon; humor, gloze, soothe, pet, coquet, slaver, butter; jolly [U.S.]; bespatter, beslubber, beplaster, beslaver; lay it on thick, overpraise; earwig, cog, collogue; truckle to, pander to, pandar to, pay court to; court; creep into the good graces of, curry favor with, hang on the sleeve of; fool to the top of one's bent; lick the dust., lay the flattering unction to one's soul, gild the pill, make things pleasant., overestimate [more]; exaggerate [more].
-adjectives
flattering; adulatory; mealy-mouthed, honey-mouthed; honeyed; smooth, smooth-tongued; soapy, oily, unctuous, blandiloquent, specious; fine-spoken, fair spoken; plausible, servile, sycophantic, fulsome; courtierly, courtier-like.
-adverbs
ad captandum.
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| Main Entry: | adulation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | overenthusiastic praise |
| Synonyms: | applause, commendation, fawning, flattery, worship, audation, blandishment, bootlicking, sycophancy |
| Antonyms: | abuse, criticism |
| Main Entry: | kudos |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | praise, acclaim |
| Synonyms: | applause, credit, distinction, eminence, esteem, fame, flattery, glory, honor, pat on the back, plaudits, plum*, prestige, prominence, puff*, regard, renown, PR, illustriousness, laudation, notability, preeminence, pumping up, raves, repute, strokes |
| Antonyms: | blame, criticism |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | praise |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | congratulations; adoration |
| Synonyms: | acclaim, acclamation, accolade, applause, appreciation, approbation, approval, boost, celebration, cheer, cheering, citation, commendation, compliment, cry, devotion, encomium, esteem, eulogy, exaltation, flattery, glorification, glory, homage, hurrah, hymn, kudos*, obeisance, ovation, panegyric, pat on the back, plaudit, puff*, rave, recognition, recommendation, regard, thanks, tribute, worship, big hand, bravo, extolment, good word, laudation, sycophancy |
| Antonyms: | blame, censure, condemnation, criticism |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | snow job |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | misrepresentation |
| Synonyms: | bill of goods, con, flattery, flimflam, scam, smoke and mirrors, soft sell, soft soap, song and dance, conning, hosing, ripoff, the business |
| Main Entry: | soft soap |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | liquid soap |
| Synonyms: | blarney, flattery, cajolery, fluid soap, semifluid soap |
| Main Entry: | sweet talk |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | flattery for favor |
| Synonyms: | blarney, flattery, incense, snow job, soft soap, blandishment, cajolery, fair words, honeyed words, insincere flattery, nobbling, smooth talk, sweet nothings |
| Main Entry: | pat on the back |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | expression of approval |
| Synonyms: | blessing, compliment, congratulations, encouragement, flattery, praise, stroke, support, congrats, felicitation |
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