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• Flattery — (also called adulation or blandishment) is the act of giving excessive compliments, generally for the purpose of ingratiating oneself with the subject. Flattery often, but not always, connotes insincerity.Historically, flattery has been used as a …   Wikipedia

• flattery — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ artificial VERB + FLATTERY ▪ use ▪ Salespeople are often accused of using artificial flattery. ▪ fall for ▪ …   Collocations dictionary

• Flattery — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Flattery >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 flattery flattery adulation gloze Sgm: N 1 blandishment blandishment blandiloquence Sgm: N 1 cajolery cajolery Sgm: N 1 fawning fawning wheedling & …   English dictionary for students

• flattery — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Undue adulation Nouns 1. flattery, adulation, blandishment, cajolery; fawning, wheedling, coquetry, sycophancy, flunkeyism, servility, toadying, incense, honeyed words, flummery, blarney; lip service,… …   English dictionary for students

• With one's favor — favor fa vor (f[=a] v[ e]r), n. [Written also favour.] [OF. favor, F. faveur, L. favor, fr. favere to be favorable, cf. Skr. bh[=a]vaya to further, foster, causative of bh[=u] to become, be. Cf. {Be}. In the phrase to curry favor, favor is prob.… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Cape Flattery (Washington) — Cape Flattery is the furthest northwest point of the contiguous United States. It is in Clallam County, Washington, where the Strait of Juan de Fuca empties into the Pacific Ocean. It is also part of the Makah Reservation, and is the northern… …   Wikipedia

• Appeal to flattery — is a fallacy in which a person uses flattery, excessive compliments, in an attempt to win support for their side.Flattery is often used to hide the true intent of an idea or proposal. Praise offers a momentary personal distraction that can often… …   Wikipedia

• Cape Flattery Light — Infobox Lighthouse caption = location = Neah Bay, Washington coordinates = coord|48.3917|N|124.7366|W|region:US type:landmark yearlit = 1857 automated = 1977 yeardeactivated = foundation = Surface construction = shape = Conical height = 65 ft… …   Wikipedia

• In favor with — favor fa vor (f[=a] v[ e]r), n. [Written also favour.] [OF. favor, F. faveur, L. favor, fr. favere to be favorable, cf. Skr. bh[=a]vaya to further, foster, causative of bh[=u] to become, be. Cf. {Be}. In the phrase to curry favor, favor is prob.… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• you can catch more flies with honey than with vinegar — This means that it is easier to persuade people if you use polite arguments and flattery than if you are confrontational …   The small dictionary of idiomes

• lay it on with a trowel — 1. To spread something thickly 2. To say grossly flattering things • • • Main Entry: ↑trowel * * * lay it on with a ˈtrowel idiom (informal) to talk about sb/sth in a way that makes them or it seem much better or much worse than they really are;… …   Useful english dictionary