| Main Entry: | flattery |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | false praise, compliments |
Synonyms: |
adulation, applause, approbation, blandishment, blarney, bootlicking, cajolery, commendation, encomium, eulogy, eyewash, fawning, flattering, flummery, fulsomeness, gallantry, gratification, hokum, honeyed words, incense, ingratiation, jive, laud, mush, obsequiousness, palaver, plaudits, pretty speech, puffery, servility, smoke*, snow job, snow*, soft words, soft-soap, stroke*, sweet talk, sycophancy, toadyism, tribute, truckling, unctuousness |
Antonyms: |
belittlement, castigation, condemnation, criticism, denunciation, insult, offense |
| Concept: | Flattery. |
| Category: | 2. Moral sentiments |
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-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; exaggerate.
-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, audation, blandishment, bootlicking, commendation, fawning, flattery, sycophancy, worship |
Antonyms: |
abuse, criticism |
| Main Entry: | kudos |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | praise, acclaim |
Synonyms: |
PR, applause, credit, distinction, eminence, esteem, fame, flattery, glory, honor, illustriousness, laudation, notability, pat on the back, plaudits, plum, preeminence, prestige, prominence, puff, pumping up, raves, regard, renown, repute, strokes |
Antonyms: |
blame, criticism |
| Main Entry: | praise |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | congratulations; adoration |
Synonyms: |
acclaim, acclamation, accolade, applause, appreciation, approbation, approval, big hand, boost, bravo, celebration, cheer, cheering, citation, commendation, compliment, cry, devotion, encomium, esteem, eulogy, exaltation, extolment, flattery, glorification, glory, good word, homage, hurrah, hymn, kudos*, laudation, obeisance, ovation, panegyric, pat on the back, plaudit, puff, rave, recognition, recommendation, regard, sycophancy, thanks, tribute, worship |
Antonyms: |
blame, censure, condemnation, criticism |
| Main Entry: | snow job |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | misrepresentation |
Synonyms: |
bill of goods, con, conning, flattery, flimflam, hosing, ripoff, scam, smoke and mirrors, soft sell, soft soap, song and dance, the business |
| Main Entry: | soft soap |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | liquid soap |
Synonyms: |
blarney, cajolery, flattery, fluid soap, semifluid soap |
| Main Entry: | sweet talk |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | flattery for favor |
Synonyms: |
blandishment, blarney, cajolery, fair words, flattery, honeyed words, incense, insincere flattery, nobbling, smooth talk, snow job, soft soap, sweet nothings |
| Main Entry: | pat on the back |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | expression of approval |
Synonyms: |
blessing, compliment, congrats, congratulations, encouragement, felicitation, flattery, praise, stroke, support |
| Main Entry: | honey |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | lover |
Synonyms: |
alveolus, darling, dear, dearie, deary, flattery, halvah, nectar, precious, sweet, sweetheart, sweetness |