- flatterer
- flatterer (n.) mid-14c., agent noun from FLATTER (Cf. flatter). Fem. form flatteress is attested from late 14c.-18c.
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Flatterer — Flat ter*er, n. One who flatters. [1913 Webster] The most abject flaterers degenerate into the greatest tyrants. Addison. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Flatterer — (Flattertiere), Ordnung der Säugetiere, soviel wie Handflügler (s.d.) … Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon
flatterer — [n] complimenter apple polisher*, backscratcher, booster, bootlicker*, brownnose*, cajoler, charmer, fawner, flunkey, lackey, puffer*, sweet talker*, sycophant, teacher’s pet, toady, yes person*; concepts 59,69 … New thesaurus
Flatterer — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Flatterer >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 flatterer flatterer adulator Sgm: N 1 eu logist eu logist eu phemist Sgm: N 1 optimist optimist encomiast laudator whitewasher GRP: N 2 Sgm … English dictionary for students
flatterer — UK [ˈflætərə(r)] / US [ˈflætərər] noun [countable] Word forms flatterer : singular flatterer plural flatterers someone who praises another person in order to get what they want The president was surrounded by careerists and flatterers … English dictionary
flatterer — In Shakespeare this is usually applied to one who uses false flattery, and is to be despised for it. Antony uses ‘you flatterers’ to Brutus and his men in Julius Caesar (5:i), and it is clearly insulting. Modern usage of the term tends to be… … A dictionary of epithets and terms of address
flatterer — flatter ► VERB 1) praise or compliment insincerely, especially to further one s own interests. 2) (usu. be flattered) cause to feel honoured and pleased. 3) (flatter oneself) believe something favourable about oneself, especially something… … English terms dictionary
Flatterer, der — Der Flatterer, des s, plur. ut nom. sing. ein unbeständiger, flatterhafter Mensch. Getreu soll ich o Chloe seyn? Ich Flatterer getreu? Gleim … Grammatisch-kritisches Wörterbuch der Hochdeutschen Mundart
flatterer — noun see flatter I … New Collegiate Dictionary
flatterer — See flatter1. * * * … Universalium
