flatter
/ˈflætɚ/
To compliment someone, often insincerely and sometimes to win favour; To enhance or gratify someone's vanity by praising them; To portray someone to advantage
- he/she/it
- flatters
- past participle
- flattered
Meanings
- 1
To compliment someone, often (but not necessarily) insincerely and sometimes to win favour
I wanted to flatter her.
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Am I supposed to be flattered?
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- 2
To enhance or gratify someone's vanity by praising them
- 3
To portray someone to advantage
- 4
To encourage or cheer someone with (usually false) hoperare
- 5
To cheer or please (with the idea that); congratulate oneself, especially when the perception is falserare
- 6
To cheer or please (with the idea that); congratulate oneself, especially when the perception is false.; In phrasal verb "to flatter with": to encourage, inspire with hoperare