flattering
adjective
[ ˈflatərɪŋ ]
• full of praise and compliments.
• "the article began with some flattering words about us"
Similar:
complimentary,
praising,
favourable,
commending,
admiring,
applauding,
appreciative,
honeyed,
sugary,
cajoling,
blarneying,
silver-tongued,
honey-tongued,
fawning,
obsequious,
ingratiating,
servile,
sycophantic,
unctuous,
oleaginous,
oily,
sweet-talking,
soft-soaping,
crawling,
creeping,
bootlicking,
smarmy,
flannelling,
encomiastic,
encomiastical,
flatter
verb
• lavish praise and compliments on (someone), often insincerely and with the aim of furthering one's own interests.
• "she was flattering him in order to avoid doing what he wanted"
Similar:
compliment,
praise,
commend,
admire,
express admiration for,
pay tribute to,
say nice things about,
pay court to,
pay blandishments to,
fawn on,
wax lyrical about,
make much of,
cajole,
humour,
blarney,
sweet-talk,
soft-soap,
butter up,
lay it on thick,
lay it on with a trowel,
play up to,
suck up to,
crawl to,
creep to,
be all over,
fall all over,
flannel,
blandish,
laud,
panegyrize,
Origin:
Middle English: perhaps a back-formation from flattery.
