flattery Betekenis & Definitie

  • En [ ˈflæt.ər.i]
  • Us [ ˈflæt̬.ər.i]

Betekenis van flattery In het Nederlands

  • 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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Voorbeelden van 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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Vertalingen van flattery in andere talen

  • 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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NIEUWE WOORDEN

European

May 10, 2021

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WOORD VAN DE DAG

Shimmer

May 10, 2021

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