See flattery on Wiktionary
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"text": "That the young Mr. Churchills liked—but they did not like him coming round of an evening and drinking weak whisky-and-water while he held forth on railway debentures and corporation loans. Mr. Barrett, however, by fawning and flattery, seemed to be able to make not only Mrs. Churchill but everyone else do what he desired.",
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"ref": "1651, Jos[eph] Hall, “Soliloq[uy] XI. False Joy.”, in Susurrium cum Deo. Soliloquies: Or, Holy Self-conferences of the Devout Soul, […], 2nd edition, London: […] Will[iam] Hunt, and are to be sold by George Lathum junior, […], →OCLC, page 37:",
"text": "But I pitty the flatteries, and ſelfe-applauſes of a careleſſe and impenitent heart: This jollity hath in it much danger, and vvithout ſome change, death.",
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"sense": "excessive praise",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "chitarrata"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "oseji",
"sense": "excessive praise",
"word": "お世辞"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "obekka",
"sense": "excessive praise",
"word": "おべっか"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "tembi",
"sense": "excessive praise",
"word": "諂媚"
},
{
"code": "kk",
"lang": "Kazakh",
"roman": "qoşemet",
"sense": "excessive praise",
"word": "қошемет"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "acheom",
"sense": "excessive praise",
"word": "아첨"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "excessive praise",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "blanditia"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "excessive praise",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "adulatio"
},
{
"code": "lt",
"lang": "Lithuanian",
"sense": "excessive praise",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "meilikavimas"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "laskanje",
"sense": "excessive praise",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "ласкање"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "excessive praise",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "smiger"
},
{
"code": "nn",
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"sense": "excessive praise",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "smiger"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "excessive praise",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "pochlebstwo"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "excessive praise",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "lisonja"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "excessive praise",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "bajulação"
},
{
"code": "rgn",
"lang": "Romagnol",
"sense": "excessive praise",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "adulaziôn"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "lestʹ",
"sense": "excessive praise",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "лесть"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "podxalímstvo",
"sense": "excessive praise",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "подхали́мство"
},
{
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "excessive praise",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "gabhann"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "excessive praise",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"neuter"
],
"word": "ласкање"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "excessive praise",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"neuter"
],
"word": "laskanje"
},
{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "excessive praise",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "lichotenie"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "excessive praise",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "adulación"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "excessive praise",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "peloteo"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "excessive praise",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "smicker"
},
{
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "excessive praise",
"word": "pambobola"
},
{
"code": "te",
"lang": "Telugu",
"roman": "mukhastuti",
"sense": "excessive praise",
"word": "ముఖస్తుతి"
},
{
"code": "tpi",
"lang": "Tok Pisin",
"sense": "excessive praise",
"word": "gris"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "excessive praise",
"tags": [
"figuratively"
],
"word": "yağcılık"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "excessive praise",
"word": "sırnaşma"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "léstošči",
"sense": "excessive praise",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"plural"
],
"word": "ле́стощі"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "léstka",
"sense": "excessive praise",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "ле́стка"
},
{
"code": "vo",
"lang": "Volapük",
"sense": "excessive praise",
"word": "flät"
},
{
"code": "sq",
"lang": "Albanian",
"sense": "instant of excessive praise",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "lajkë"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "instant of excessive praise",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "lichotka"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "instant of excessive praise",
"word": "imartelu"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "instant of excessive praise",
"word": "mielistely"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "instant of excessive praise",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "afago"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "instant of excessive praise",
"tags": [
"colloquial",
"neuter"
],
"word": "Geschmeichel"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "kolakeía",
"sense": "instant of excessive praise",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "κολακεία"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "instant of excessive praise",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "lusinga"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "instant of excessive praise",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "pochlebstwo"
},
{
"code": "rgn",
"lang": "Romagnol",
"sense": "instant of excessive praise",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "adulaziôn"
},
{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "instant of excessive praise",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "lichôtka"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "instant of excessive praise",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "piropo"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "instant of excessive praise",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "camelo"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "instant of excessive praise",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "lisonja"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "instant of excessive praise",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "requiebro"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "instant of excessive praise",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "halago"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "instant of excessive praise",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "flor"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "instant of excessive praise",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "zalamería"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "instant of excessive praise",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "carantoña"
},
{
"code": "tpi",
"lang": "Tok Pisin",
"sense": "instant of excessive praise",
"word": "gris"
}
],
"word": "flattery"
}
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