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Meanings of flatter in English
Synonyms
Examples for "blarney"
Examples for "blarney"
1
You're not going to soften me up with your sweet-talking blarney anymore.
2
Sure, the blarney-stone is getting a good rub now, I said playfully.
3
Now go 'way wid your blarney, and don't be talking to me.
4
The closest word the German language has for blarney is Schmus.
5
No doubt his blarney was a source of inspiration for me.
1
The nurse and governess tried to blandish her, in vain.
2
Well, you will say, why couldn't she blandish and cajole Stephen for a sovereign or so?
3
Ay, there's no man too sour and no woman too old that he'll not blandish, if he gets the chance.
4
Lady Blandish turned over the leaves, and came upon the later jottings.
5
Lady Blandish remarked: I think she might just as well have returned.
1
He's this psychoanalyst who I kind of adulate and write a lot about in this new book.
2
It was like: who was going to have a Beatles assembly to adulate the Beatles the most?
3
If this brand-new nightspot was the location of the season, these dedicated pilgrims would line up to adulate.
4
He had none of that peace and goodwill towards men with which those of us who are not Mohammedans adulate the approach of the season.
5
And to think that the nineteenth century takes on airs and adulates itself.
Usage of flatter in English
1
We flatter ourselves by thinking that this takes place somewhere far away.
2
It was in no way cheap; it did not flatter slothful ears.
3
The flatter the land grew, the broader did the lordly river become.
4
In contrast, the private sector can be flatter but is less transparent.
5
The opposite also rings true: Some women might have wider, flatter feet.
6
They immediately began talking business and to flatter and eulogize their own.
7
In the meantime, I flatter myself that you are well and happy.
8
I do not intend to flatter; go now and join your friend.
9
The known style of a dedication is flattery: it professes to flatter.
10
I flatter myself that I am quite an expert in this line.
11
Let them not flatter themselves that I stand in need of them.
12
Yield curves are also likely to be flatter than in previous cycles.
13
He must not merely conform to established prejudices; he must flatter them.
14
The pediment is flatter than of the Doric order, and more elaborate.
15
Then there is Kilauea- ashorterand flatter volcanic mountain sixteen miles distant.
16
It is also much flatter, only rising 10m above the ocean floor.
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Flatter through the time
Flatter across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Less common
Ireland
Less common