flattery
Pronunciation
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Pronunciation
- IPA: /ˈflætəɹi/
flattery
- (uncountable) Excessive praise or approval, which is often insincere and sometimes contrived to win favour.
- (countable) An instance of excessive praise.
- See also Thesaurus:flattery
- French: flatterie
- German: Schmeichelei, Schöntuerei, (colloquial) Schmus
- Italian: salamelecchi, adulazione, piaggeria, sviolinata, incensamento, chitarrata
- Portuguese: lisonja, bajulação
- Russian: лесть
- Spanish: adulación, peloteo
- German: (colloquial) Geschmeichel
- Italian: lusinga
- Spanish: piropo, camelo, lisonja, requiebro, halago, flor, zalamería, carantoña
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