English-Thai Dictionary

flattery

N การ ประจบสอพลอ  คำยกยอ  คำสรรเสริญ เกิน ความเป็นจริง  adulation overpraise laudation kan-pra-job-sor-por

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

FLATTERY

n. 1. False praise; commendation bestowed for the purpose of gaining favor and influence, or to accomplish some purpose. Direct flattery consists in praising a person himself; indirect flattery consists in praising a person through his works or his connections.
Simple pride for flattery makes demands.
Just praise is only a debt, but flattery is a present.
2. Adulation; obsequiousness; wheedling.
3. Just commendation which gratifies self-love.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

FLATTERY

Flat "ter *y, n.; pl. Flatteries. Etym: [OE. flaterie, OF. flaterie, F.flaterie, fr. flater to flatter, F. flatter; of uncertain origin. See Flatter, v. t.]

 

Defn: The act or practice of flattering; the act of pleasing by artiful commendation or compliments; adulation; false, insincere, or excessive praise. Just praise is only a debt, but flattery is a present. Rambler. Flattery corrupts both the receiver and the giver. Burke.

 

Syn. -- Adulation; compliment; obsequiousness. See Adulation.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

flattery

flat ter y |ˈflatərē ˈflædəri | ▶noun ( pl. flatteries ) excessive and insincere praise, esp. that given to further one's own interests: his healthy distrust of courtiers' flattery. ORIGIN Middle English: from Old French flaterie, from flater ‘stroke, flatter, ’ probably of Germanic origin and related to flat 1 .

 

Oxford Dictionary

flattery

flat |tery |ˈflat (ə )ri | ▶noun ( pl. flatteries ) [ mass noun ] excessive and insincere praise, given especially to further one's own interests: she allowed no hint of flattery to enter her voice. ORIGIN Middle English: from Old French flaterie, from flater ‘stroke, flatter ’, probably of Germanic origin and related to flat 1 .

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

flattery

flattery noun she's simply not vain enough to fall for your flattery: praise, adulation, compliments, blandishments, honeyed words; fawning, blarney, cajolery; formal encomium; informal sweet talk, soft soap, snow job, buttering up, toadying.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

flattery

flattery noun the old man sounded mollified by the flattery: praise, adulation, compliments, blandishments, admiration, honeyed words, pats on the back; fawning, simpering, puffery, blarney, cajolery, wheedling; informal sweet talk, soft soap, spiel, buttering up, cosying up, toadying, currying favour, weasel words; Brit. informal flannel; Brit. vulgar slang arse-kissing, arse-licking; N. Amer. vulgar slang brown-nosing, ass-kissing, ass-licking; rare laudation. ANTONYMS criticism.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

flattery

flat ter y /flǽt (ə )ri /名詞 U ｟通例非難して ｠お世辞 (を言うこと ), ごますり ▸ Flattery will get you nowhere! ｟話 おどけて ｠お世辞を言ってもだめだよ