Meaning of flattery In English

  • 0 the act of praising someone, often in a way that is not sincere, because you want something from them: --

    • I was really pleased when he said how well I'd done, because he isn't known for flattery.

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Examples of flattery

  • As part of this policy, ' promises, flattery and threats were employed ' to bring the clergy round to his views.

  • The island is an allegory of the insubstantial promises and flatteries that people must subsist on to survive in this world.

  • By appropriating the music of his enemy, he cloaks his subterfuge in flattery.

  • While individual citizens will vary in their sensitivity to implicit denigration or explicit flattery, on average authoritarian speech should elicit more disaffiliation and electoral speech should elicit more affiliation.

  • I am not asking for flattery for my colleagues.

  • After all, imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.

  • If imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, we know the judgment of the rest of the world on our record.

  • Fifty-two days is quite long enough for me to learn to avoid the temptations and seductions of flattery.

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Translations of flattery In Other Languages

  • 中文繁体

    奉承,討好,恭維…

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  • 中文简体

    奉承,讨好,恭维…

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  • Español

    adulación, halagos, halago [masculine]…

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  • Português

    bajulação…

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  • 日本語

    お世辞…

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  • Türk dili

    övgü, pohpohlama, dalkavukluk…

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  • Français

    flatterie [feminine], flatterie…

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  • Catalan

    adulació, afalacs…

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Managing Your Emotions

  • What makes me angry?

  • Mostly,l hate when someone tries to make someone else feel bad.

  • I have to admit that once, when l was actually called names.

  • l regretted doing this afterwards, but not full heartedly because l think l was provoked in that situation.

  • The most postive way of dealing with anger is talking about the problem.

  • l talk to someone who listens, or l'll write my thoughts down on paper.

  • Learning how to deal with anger as you're growing up is so important.

  • When you're younger, you might yell,or cry when you're angry, but as you get older, you're expected to handle your emotions much better.

  • Learning to control your emotion now will prevent you from doing something that you'll regret later on in life!

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