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v. To compliment excessively and often insincerely, especially in order to win favor.

v. To please or gratify the vanity of: "What really flatters a man is that you think him worth flattering” ( George Bernard Shaw).

v. To portray favorably: a photograph that flatters its subject.

v. To show off becomingly or advantageously.

verb-intransitive. To practice flattery.

n. A flat-faced swage or hammer used by blacksmiths.

n. A die plate for flattening metal into strips, as in the manufacture of watch springs.

adj. comparative form of flat: more flat

n. A type of set tool used by blacksmiths.

n. Someone who flattens, purposely or accidently. Also flattener.

v. To compliment someone, often insincerely and sometimes to win favour

v. To enhance someone's vanity by praising them

v. To portray something to advantage.

v. To convey notions of the facts that are believed to be favorable to the hearer without certainty of the truthfulness of the notions conveyed.

n. One who, or that which, makes flat or flattens.

n.

n. A flat-faced fulling hammer.

n. A drawplate with a narrow, rectangular orifice, for drawing flat strips, as watch springs, etc.

v. To treat with praise or blandishments; to gratify or attempt to gratify the self-love or vanity of, esp. by artful and interested commendation or attentions; to blandish; to cajole; to wheedle.

v. To raise hopes in; to encourage or favorable, but sometimes unfounded or deceitful, representations.

v. To portray too favorably; to give a too favorable idea of.

verb-intransitive. To use flattery or insincere praise.

n. One who or that which flattens or makes flat.

n. Specifically A hammer with a broad face, used by smiths in working flat faces.

n. In wire-drawing, a draw-plate with a flat orifice for drawing flat strips, as for watch-springs, skirt-wire, etc.

n. Also flattener.

To please or gratify, or seek to please or gratify, by praise, especially undue praise, or by obsequious attentions, submission, imitation, etc.; play upon the vanity or self-love of (a person) with a view to gain some advantage.

To produce self-complacency or a feeling of personal gratification in; please; charm: as, to feel flattered by approval.

To persuade of something which gives pleasure or satisfaction; give encouragement to; especially, to give pleasing but false impressions or encouragement to.

To make appear better than the reality warrants: as, the portrait flatters its subject.

To use language intended to gratify the vanity or self-love of a person; use undue praise.

To flutter; float.

v. praise somewhat dishonestly

"V. ii.823 (467,8) [To flatter up these powers of mine with rest] Dr. Warburton would read _fetter_, but _flatter_ or _sooth_ is, in my opinion, more apposite to the king's purpose than _fetter_."

flats    flatted    flattered    flattering    flatterously    flatters    flatting   

praise   

flatterer    flattery   

kotow    suck up    adulate    bootlick    soft soap    stroke    toady    truckle    kowtow    butter up   

flattered    flattering   

blandish    cajole    wheedle    congratulate   

Attar    Hatter    Tatar    antimatter    attar    batter    blatter    chatter    clatter    fatter   

please    favourable    gratify    respectful    sincere    satisfactory    convince    complimentary    plausible    candid