flattery
noun
[ ˈflat(ə)ri ]
• excessive and insincere praise, given especially to further one's own interests.
• "she allowed no hint of flattery to enter her voice"
Similar:
praise,
adulation,
compliments,
blandishments,
admiration,
honeyed words,
pats on the back,
fawning,
simpering,
puffery,
blarney,
cajolery,
wheedling,
sweet talk,
soft soap,
spiel,
buttering up,
cosying up,
toadying,
currying favour,
weasel words,
flannel,
brown-nosing,
laudation,
arse-kissing,
arse-licking,
ass-kissing,
ass-licking,
Origin:
Middle English: from Old French flaterie, from flater ‘stroke, flatter’, probably of Germanic origin and related to flat1.
