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"t": "flatter, more flat"
},
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"General-American"
]
},
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"word": "flatter oneself"
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"name": "inh"
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},
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"2": "flotorian",
"3": "",
"4": "to flutter, float, be disquieted"
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"5": "to be floating"
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"2": "ine-pro",
"3": "*plewd-",
"4": "",
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},
"expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *plewd- (“to flow, swim”)",
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},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "non",
"3": "flaðra",
"4": "",
"5": "to fawn on someone, flatter"
},
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"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "gem-pro",
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"4": "",
"5": "to fawn over, flutter"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Germanic *flaþrōną (“to fawn over, flutter”)",
"name": "der"
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"1": "en",
"2": "ine-pro",
"3": "*peled-",
"4": "",
"5": "moisture, wetness"
},
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"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "ine-pro",
"2": "*pel-",
"3": "",
"4": "to gush, pour out, fill, flow, swim, fly"
},
"expansion": "*pel- (“to gush, pour out, fill, flow, swim, fly”)",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "sco",
"2": "flatter"
},
"expansion": "Scots flatter",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "sco",
"2": "flotter",
"3": "",
"4": "to float; splash; cover with liquid"
},
"expansion": "flotter (“to float; splash; cover with liquid”)",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "dum",
"2": "flatteren",
"3": "",
"4": "to embellish, flatter, caress"
},
"expansion": "Middle Dutch flatteren (“to embellish, flatter, caress”)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "de",
"2": "flattern",
"3": "",
"4": "to flutter"
},
"expansion": "German flattern (“to flutter”)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "frm",
"2": "flatter",
"3": "",
"4": "to flatter, to caress with the flat of the hand"
},
"expansion": "Middle French flatter (“to flatter, to caress with the flat of the hand”)",
"name": "noncog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "fro",
"2": "flater",
"3": "",
"4": "to deceive by concealing the truth, to stroke with the palm of the hand"
},
"expansion": "Old French flater (“to deceive by concealing the truth, to stroke with the palm of the hand”)",
"name": "noncog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "frk",
"2": "*flat",
"t": "palm, flat of the hand"
},
"expansion": "Frankish *flat (“palm, flat of the hand”)",
"name": "noncog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "gem-pro",
"2": "*flatą"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Germanic *flatą",
"name": "noncog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "gem-pro",
"2": "*flatō",
"3": "",
"4": "palm, sole"
},
"expansion": "*flatō (“palm, sole”)",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "gem-pro",
"2": "*flataz",
"3": "",
"4": "flat"
},
"expansion": "*flataz (“flat”)",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "ine-pro",
"2": "*plÁt-"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *plÁt-",
"name": "noncog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "ine-pro",
"2": "*pele-"
},
"expansion": "*pele-",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "ine-pro",
"2": "*plāk-",
"3": "",
"4": "flat, broad, plain"
},
"expansion": "*plāk- (“flat, broad, plain”)",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "goh",
"2": "flazza",
"3": "",
"4": "palm, flat of the hand"
},
"expansion": "Old High German flazza (“palm, flat of the hand”)",
"name": "noncog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "goh",
"2": "flaz",
"3": "",
"4": "level, flat"
},
"expansion": "Old High German flaz (“level, flat”)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "osx",
"2": "flat",
"3": "",
"4": "flat"
},
"expansion": "Old Saxon flat (“flat”)",
"name": "noncog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "non",
"2": "flatr",
"3": "",
"4": "flat"
},
"expansion": "Old Norse flatr (“flat”)",
"name": "noncog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "flat"
},
"expansion": "English flat",
"name": "noncog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "ofs",
"2": "flet",
"3": "flet, flette",
"4": "dwelling, house"
},
"expansion": "Old Frisian flet, flette (“dwelling, house”)",
"name": "noncog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "ang",
"2": "flet"
},
"expansion": "Old English flet",
"name": "noncog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "ang",
"2": "flett",
"3": "",
"4": "ground floor, dwelling"
},
"expansion": "flett (“ground floor, dwelling”)",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "flat"
},
"expansion": "flat",
"name": "l"
}
],
"etymology_text": "*From Middle English flatteren, flateren (“to flutter, float, fawn over”), probably a conflation of Old English floterian, flotorian (“to flutter, float, be disquieted”), from Proto-Germanic *flutrōną (“to be floating”), from Proto-Indo-European *plewd- (“to flow, swim”); and Old Norse flaðra (“to fawn on someone, flatter”), from Proto-Germanic *flaþrōną (“to fawn over, flutter”), from Proto-Indo-European *peled- (“moisture, wetness”), *pel- (“to gush, pour out, fill, flow, swim, fly”). Cognate with Scots flatter, flotter (“to float; splash; cover with liquid”), Middle Dutch flatteren (“to embellish, flatter, caress”), German flattern (“to flutter”).\n*The word was also associated with Middle French flatter (“to flatter, to caress with the flat of the hand”), from Old French flater (“to deceive by concealing the truth, to stroke with the palm of the hand”), from Frankish *flat (“palm, flat of the hand”), from Proto-Germanic *flatą, *flatō (“palm, sole”), *flataz (“flat”), from Proto-Indo-European *plÁt-, *pele-, *plāk- (“flat, broad, plain”); related to Old High German flazza (“palm, flat of the hand”), Old High German flaz (“level, flat”), Old Saxon flat (“flat”), Old Norse flatr (“flat”) (whence English flat), Old Frisian flet, flette (“dwelling, house”), Old English flet, flett (“ground floor, dwelling”). More at flat.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "flatters",
"tags": [
"present",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "flattering",
"tags": [
"participle",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "flattered",
"tags": [
"participle",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "flattered",
"tags": [
"past"
]
}
],
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"expansion": "flatter (third-person singular simple present flatters, present participle flattering, simple past and past participle flattered)",
"name": "en-verb"
}
],
"hyphenation": [
"flat‧ter"
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "verb",
"related": [
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "flatterer"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "flattering"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "flattery"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "unflattering"
}
],
"senses": [
{
"examples": [
{
"text": "1855, William H. Prescott, History of the Reign of Philip the Second, King of Spain, Boston: Phillips, Sampson & Co., Volume 1, Book 1, Chapter 7, p. 242,\nSome he complimented for their bravery; others he flattered by asking their advice."
}
],
"glosses": [
"To compliment someone, often (but not necessarily) insincerely and sometimes to win favour."
],
"id": "en-flatter-en-verb-CA9cakDL",
"links": [
[
"compliment",
"compliment"
],
[
"insincerely",
"insincerely"
],
[
"favour",
"favour"
]
],
"tags": [
"intransitive",
"transitive"
],
"translations": [
{
"_dis1": "81 4 3 3 4 5",
"code": "sq",
"lang": "Albanian",
"sense": "to compliment someone",
"word": "lajkatoj"
},
{
"_dis1": "81 4 3 3 4 5",
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "tamallaqa",
"sense": "to compliment someone",
"word": "تَمَلَّقَ"
},
{
"_dis1": "81 4 3 3 4 5",
"code": "ast",
"lang": "Asturian",
"sense": "to compliment someone",
"word": "afalagar"
},
{
"_dis1": "81 4 3 3 4 5",
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "lislívicʹ",
"sense": "to compliment someone",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "ліслі́віць"
},
{
"_dis1": "81 4 3 3 4 5",
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "ljéscicʹ",
"sense": "to compliment someone",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "ле́сціць"
},
{
"_dis1": "81 4 3 3 4 5",
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "lisʹcícʹ",
"sense": "to compliment someone",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "лісьці́ць"
},
{
"_dis1": "81 4 3 3 4 5",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "laskája",
"sense": "to compliment someone",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "ласка́я"
},
{
"_dis1": "81 4 3 3 4 5",
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "to compliment someone",
"word": "adular"
},
{
"_dis1": "81 4 3 3 4 5",
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "to compliment someone",
"word": "llagotejar"
},
{
"_dis1": "81 4 3 3 4 5",
"code": "nan-hbl",
"lang": "Chinese",
"sense": "to compliment someone",
"tags": [
"Hokkien"
],
"word": "諂媚"
},
{
"_dis1": "81 4 3 3 4 5",
"code": "nan-hbl",
"lang": "Chinese",
"roman": "zh-min-nan",
"sense": "to compliment someone",
"tags": [
"Hokkien"
],
"word": "谄媚"
},
{
"_dis1": "81 4 3 3 4 5",
"code": "nan-hbl",
"lang": "Chinese",
"roman": "zh-min-nan",
"sense": "to compliment someone",
"tags": [
"Hokkien"
],
"word": "扶挺"
},
{
"_dis1": "81 4 3 3 4 5",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "to compliment someone",
"word": "討好"
},
{
"_dis1": "81 4 3 3 4 5",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "tǎohǎo",
"sense": "to compliment someone",
"word": "讨好"
},
{
"_dis1": "81 4 3 3 4 5",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "fèngchéng",
"sense": "to compliment someone",
"word": "奉承"
},
{
"_dis1": "81 4 3 3 4 5",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "ēyú",
"sense": "to compliment someone",
"word": "阿谀"
},
{
"_dis1": "81 4 3 3 4 5",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "to compliment someone",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "lichotit"
},
{
"_dis1": "81 4 3 3 4 5",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "to compliment someone",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "pochlebovat"
},
{
"_dis1": "81 4 3 3 4 5",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to compliment someone",
"word": "complimenteren"
},
{
"_dis1": "81 4 3 3 4 5",
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "to compliment someone",
"word": "flati"
},
{
"_dis1": "81 4 3 3 4 5",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to compliment someone",
"word": "imarrella"
},
{
"_dis1": "81 4 3 3 4 5",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to compliment someone",
"word": "mielistellä"
},
{
"_dis1": "81 4 3 3 4 5",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to compliment someone",
"word": "nuoleskella"
},
{
"_dis1": "81 4 3 3 4 5",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to compliment someone",
"word": "flatter"
},
{
"_dis1": "81 4 3 3 4 5",
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "to compliment someone",
"word": "aloumiñar"
},
{
"_dis1": "81 4 3 3 4 5",
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "to compliment someone",
"word": "afagar"
},
{
"_dis1": "81 4 3 3 4 5",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to compliment someone",
"word": "schmeicheln"
},
{
"_dis1": "81 4 3 3 4 5",
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "kolakévo",
"sense": "to compliment someone",
"word": "κολακεύω"
},
{
"_dis1": "81 4 3 3 4 5",
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "kolakeúō",
"sense": "to compliment someone",
"word": "κολακεύω"
},
{
"_dis1": "81 4 3 3 4 5",
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "hiḥmí",
"sense": "to compliment someone",
"word": "החמיא"
},
{
"_dis1": "81 4 3 3 4 5",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to compliment someone",
"word": "hízeleg"
},
{
"_dis1": "81 4 3 3 4 5",
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "to compliment someone",
"word": "cuach"
},
{
"_dis1": "81 4 3 3 4 5",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to compliment someone",
"word": "lusingare"
},
{
"_dis1": "81 4 3 3 4 5",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to compliment someone",
"word": "adulare"
},
{
"_dis1": "81 4 3 3 4 5",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "hetsurau",
"sense": "to compliment someone",
"word": "諂う"
},
{
"_dis1": "81 4 3 3 4 5",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "tsuishō suru",
"sense": "to compliment someone",
"word": "追従する"
},
{
"_dis1": "81 4 3 3 4 5",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "tembi suru",
"sense": "to compliment someone",
"word": "諂媚する"
},
{
"_dis1": "81 4 3 3 4 5",
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "acheomhada",
"sense": "to compliment someone",
"word": "아첨하다"
},
{
"_dis1": "81 4 3 3 4 5",
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "abuhada",
"sense": "to compliment someone",
"word": "아부하다"
},
{
"_dis1": "81 4 3 3 4 5",
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "chikyeose'uda",
"sense": "to compliment someone",
"word": "치켜세우다"
},
{
"_dis1": "81 4 3 3 4 5",
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "allanggeorida",
"sense": "to compliment someone",
"word": "알랑거리다"
},
{
"_dis1": "81 4 3 3 4 5",
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "to compliment someone",
"word": "blandior"
},
{
"_dis1": "81 4 3 3 4 5",
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "to compliment someone",
"word": "adulor"
},
{
"_dis1": "81 4 3 3 4 5",
"code": "lb",
"lang": "Luxembourgish",
"sense": "to compliment someone",
"word": "blimmelen"
},
{
"_dis1": "81 4 3 3 4 5",
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "laska",
"sense": "to compliment someone",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "ласка"
},
{
"_dis1": "81 4 3 3 4 5",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to compliment someone",
"word": "patipati"
},
{
"_dis1": "81 4 3 3 4 5",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to compliment someone",
"word": "ene"
},
{
"_dis1": "81 4 3 3 4 5",
"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "to compliment someone",
"word": "smigre"
},
{
"_dis1": "81 4 3 3 4 5",
"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"sense": "to compliment someone",
"word": "smigre"
},
{
"_dis1": "81 4 3 3 4 5",
"code": "orv",
"lang": "Old East Slavic",
"roman": "lĭstiti",
"sense": "to compliment someone",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "льстити"
},
{
"_dis1": "81 4 3 3 4 5",
"code": "orv",
"lang": "Old East Slavic",
"roman": "lestiti",
"sense": "to compliment someone",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "лестити"
},
{
"_dis1": "81 4 3 3 4 5",
"code": "ota",
"lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
"roman": "koltuklamak",
"sense": "to compliment someone",
"word": "قولتقلامق"
},
{
"_dis1": "81 4 3 3 4 5",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to compliment someone",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "schlebiać"
},
{
"_dis1": "81 4 3 3 4 5",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to compliment someone",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "pochlebiać"
},
{
"_dis1": "81 4 3 3 4 5",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
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{
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{
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{
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"word": "льстить"
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"sense": "to compliment someone",
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"sense": "to compliment someone",
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"imperfective"
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{
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"code": "sh",
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"sense": "to compliment someone",
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{
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"sense": "to compliment someone",
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"word": "lichotiť"
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{
"_dis1": "81 4 3 3 4 5",
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "to compliment someone",
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"word": "pochlebovať"
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{
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"lang": "Slovene",
"sense": "to compliment someone",
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],
"word": "laskati"
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"sense": "to compliment someone",
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{
"_dis1": "81 4 3 3 4 5",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to compliment someone",
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{
"_dis1": "81 4 3 3 4 5",
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"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to compliment someone",
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{
"_dis1": "81 4 3 3 4 5",
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "chom",
"sense": "to compliment someone",
"word": "ชม"
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"_dis1": "81 4 3 3 4 5",
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"sense": "to compliment someone",
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"imperfective"
],
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"sense": "to compliment someone",
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"word": "afalagar"
},
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"sense": "to enhance someone's vanity",
"word": "лаская"
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"sense": "to enhance someone's vanity",
"word": "превъзнасям"
},
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"_dis1": "2 83 4 2 3 4",
"code": "fi",
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"sense": "to enhance someone's vanity",
"word": "imarrella"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 83 4 2 3 4",
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"sense": "to enhance someone's vanity",
"word": "flatter"
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"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "to enhance someone's vanity",
"word": "aloumiñar"
},
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"_dis1": "2 83 4 2 3 4",
"code": "de",
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"sense": "to enhance someone's vanity",
"word": "anbiedern"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 83 4 2 3 4",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to enhance someone's vanity",
"word": "einschmeicheln"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 83 4 2 3 4",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to enhance someone's vanity",
"word": "legyezgeti a hiúságát"
},
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"_dis1": "2 83 4 2 3 4",
"code": "ga",
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"sense": "to enhance someone's vanity",
"word": "bladair"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 83 4 2 3 4",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to enhance someone's vanity",
"word": "blandire"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 83 4 2 3 4",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to enhance someone's vanity",
"word": "sviolinare"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 83 4 2 3 4",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to enhance someone's vanity",
"word": "piaggiare"
},
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"_dis1": "2 83 4 2 3 4",
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "to enhance someone's vanity",
"word": "blandior"
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"_dis1": "2 83 4 2 3 4",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to enhance someone's vanity",
"word": "schlebiać"
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{
"_dis1": "2 83 4 2 3 4",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to enhance someone's vanity",
"word": "pochlebiać"
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"_dis1": "2 83 4 2 3 4",
"code": "ru",
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"sense": "to enhance someone's vanity",
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"imperfective"
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"word": "льстить"
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"_dis1": "2 83 4 2 3 4",
"code": "ru",
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"roman": "razduvátʹ čʹjo-libo égo",
"sense": "to enhance someone's vanity",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
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"word": "раздува́ть чьё-либо э́го"
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"perfective"
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"word": "разду́ть чьё-либо э́го"
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"word": "adular"
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"_dis1": "2 83 4 2 3 4",
"code": "es",
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"sense": "to enhance someone's vanity",
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"_dis1": "2 83 4 2 3 4",
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"word": "afavorir"
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"sense": "to portray something to advantage",
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"word": "льстить"
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"text": "[…] I went up, and sat there two Hours and an half before I cou’d discern any Thing like Land; and when I first saw it I told my Comrade, but not being certain I wou’d not call out; for the Case was of such Importance, that they were not to be trifled with, or flatter’d into vain Hopes.",
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"text": "1855, William H. Prescott, History of the Reign of Philip the Second, King of Spain, Boston: Phillips, Sampson & Co., Volume 1, Book 1, Chapter 7, p. 242,\nSome he complimented for their bravery; others he flattered by asking their advice."
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"text": "[…] I went up, and sat there two Hours and an half before I cou’d discern any Thing like Land; and when I first saw it I told my Comrade, but not being certain I wou’d not call out; for the Case was of such Importance, that they were not to be trifled with, or flatter’d into vain Hopes.",
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"code": "sq",
"lang": "Albanian",
"sense": "to compliment someone",
"word": "lajkatoj"
},
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"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "tamallaqa",
"sense": "to compliment someone",
"word": "تَمَلَّقَ"
},
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"code": "ast",
"lang": "Asturian",
"sense": "to compliment someone",
"word": "afalagar"
},
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"code": "be",
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"roman": "lislívicʹ",
"sense": "to compliment someone",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "ліслі́віць"
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"code": "be",
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"roman": "ljéscicʹ",
"sense": "to compliment someone",
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},
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"code": "be",
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"code": "bg",
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"roman": "laskája",
"sense": "to compliment someone",
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"code": "ca",
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"sense": "to compliment someone",
"word": "adular"
},
{
"code": "ca",
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"sense": "to compliment someone",
"word": "llagotejar"
},
{
"code": "nan-hbl",
"lang": "Chinese",
"sense": "to compliment someone",
"tags": [
"Hokkien"
],
"word": "諂媚"
},
{
"code": "nan-hbl",
"lang": "Chinese",
"roman": "zh-min-nan",
"sense": "to compliment someone",
"tags": [
"Hokkien"
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"word": "谄媚"
},
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"code": "nan-hbl",
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"sense": "to compliment someone",
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"word": "扶挺"
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"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "to compliment someone",
"word": "討好"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "tǎohǎo",
"sense": "to compliment someone",
"word": "讨好"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "fèngchéng",
"sense": "to compliment someone",
"word": "奉承"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "ēyú",
"sense": "to compliment someone",
"word": "阿谀"
},
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"code": "cs",
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"sense": "to compliment someone",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "lichotit"
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{
"code": "cs",
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"sense": "to compliment someone",
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],
"word": "pochlebovat"
},
{
"code": "nl",
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"sense": "to compliment someone",
"word": "complimenteren"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "to compliment someone",
"word": "flati"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to compliment someone",
"word": "imarrella"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to compliment someone",
"word": "mielistellä"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to compliment someone",
"word": "nuoleskella"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to compliment someone",
"word": "flatter"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "to compliment someone",
"word": "aloumiñar"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "to compliment someone",
"word": "afagar"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to compliment someone",
"word": "schmeicheln"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
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"sense": "to compliment someone",
"word": "κολακεύω"
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"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
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"sense": "to compliment someone",
"word": "κολακεύω"
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{
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "hiḥmí",
"sense": "to compliment someone",
"word": "החמיא"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to compliment someone",
"word": "hízeleg"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "to compliment someone",
"word": "cuach"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to compliment someone",
"word": "lusingare"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to compliment someone",
"word": "adulare"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "hetsurau",
"sense": "to compliment someone",
"word": "諂う"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "tsuishō suru",
"sense": "to compliment someone",
"word": "追従する"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "tembi suru",
"sense": "to compliment someone",
"word": "諂媚する"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "acheomhada",
"sense": "to compliment someone",
"word": "아첨하다"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "abuhada",
"sense": "to compliment someone",
"word": "아부하다"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "chikyeose'uda",
"sense": "to compliment someone",
"word": "치켜세우다"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "allanggeorida",
"sense": "to compliment someone",
"word": "알랑거리다"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "to compliment someone",
"word": "blandior"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "to compliment someone",
"word": "adulor"
},
{
"code": "lb",
"lang": "Luxembourgish",
"sense": "to compliment someone",
"word": "blimmelen"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "laska",
"sense": "to compliment someone",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "ласка"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to compliment someone",
"word": "patipati"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to compliment someone",
"word": "ene"
},
{
"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "to compliment someone",
"word": "smigre"
},
{
"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"sense": "to compliment someone",
"word": "smigre"
},
{
"code": "orv",
"lang": "Old East Slavic",
"roman": "lĭstiti",
"sense": "to compliment someone",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "льстити"
},
{
"code": "orv",
"lang": "Old East Slavic",
"roman": "lestiti",
"sense": "to compliment someone",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "лестити"
},
{
"code": "ota",
"lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
"roman": "koltuklamak",
"sense": "to compliment someone",
"word": "قولتقلامق"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to compliment someone",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "schlebiać"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to compliment someone",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "pochlebiać"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to compliment someone",
"word": "adular"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to compliment someone",
"word": "bajular"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "to compliment someone",
"word": "flata"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "to compliment someone",
"word": "complimenta"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "to compliment someone",
"word": "măguli"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "to compliment someone",
"word": "linguși"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "lʹstitʹ",
"sense": "to compliment someone",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "льстить"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "polʹstítʹ",
"sense": "to compliment someone",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "польсти́ть"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "to compliment someone",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"imperfective"
],
"word": "ла̏скати"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "to compliment someone",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"imperfective"
],
"word": "lȁskati"
},
{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "to compliment someone",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "lichotiť"
},
{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "to compliment someone",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "pochlebovať"
},
{
"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"sense": "to compliment someone",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "laskati"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to compliment someone",
"word": "adular"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to compliment someone",
"word": "halagar"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to compliment someone",
"word": "smickra"
},
{
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "chom",
"sense": "to compliment someone",
"word": "ชม"
},
{
"code": "tpi",
"lang": "Tok Pisin",
"sense": "to compliment someone",
"word": "grisim"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "lestýty",
"sense": "to compliment someone",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "лести́ти"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "uleščuvaty",
"sense": "to compliment someone",
"word": "улещувати"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "obleščuvaty",
"sense": "to compliment someone",
"word": "облещувати"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "pidleščaty",
"sense": "to compliment someone",
"word": "підлещати"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "pidleščuvaty",
"sense": "to compliment someone",
"word": "підлещувати"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "to compliment someone",
"word": "nịnh nọt"
},
{
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "to compliment someone",
"word": "gwenieithio"
},
{
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "to compliment someone",
"word": "seboni"
},
{
"code": "ast",
"lang": "Asturian",
"sense": "to enhance someone's vanity",
"word": "afalagar"
},
{
"code": "ast",
"lang": "Asturian",
"sense": "to enhance someone's vanity",
"word": "combayar"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "laskaja",
"sense": "to enhance someone's vanity",
"word": "лаская"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "prevǎznasjam",
"sense": "to enhance someone's vanity",
"word": "превъзнасям"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to enhance someone's vanity",
"word": "imarrella"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to enhance someone's vanity",
"word": "flatter"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "to enhance someone's vanity",
"word": "aloumiñar"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to enhance someone's vanity",
"word": "anbiedern"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to enhance someone's vanity",
"word": "einschmeicheln"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to enhance someone's vanity",
"word": "legyezgeti a hiúságát"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "to enhance someone's vanity",
"word": "bladair"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to enhance someone's vanity",
"word": "blandire"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to enhance someone's vanity",
"word": "sviolinare"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to enhance someone's vanity",
"word": "piaggiare"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "to enhance someone's vanity",
"word": "blandior"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to enhance someone's vanity",
"word": "schlebiać"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to enhance someone's vanity",
"word": "pochlebiać"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "lʹstitʹ",
"sense": "to enhance someone's vanity",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "льстить"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "razduvátʹ čʹjo-libo égo",
"sense": "to enhance someone's vanity",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "раздува́ть чьё-либо э́го"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "razdútʹ čʹjo-libo égo",
"sense": "to enhance someone's vanity",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "разду́ть чьё-либо э́го"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to enhance someone's vanity",
"word": "adular"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to enhance someone's vanity",
"word": "lisonjear"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to enhance someone's vanity",
"word": "lisonjear"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to enhance someone's vanity",
"word": "incensar"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to enhance someone's vanity",
"word": "smickra"
},
{
"code": "tpi",
"lang": "Tok Pisin",
"sense": "to enhance someone's vanity",
"word": "grisim"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "prevǎznasjam",
"sense": "to portray something to advantage",
"word": "превъзнасям"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "to portray something to advantage",
"word": "afavorir"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to portray something to advantage",
"word": "kaunistella"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to portray something to advantage",
"word": "flatter"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to portray something to advantage",
"word": "anbiedern"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "kolakévo",
"sense": "to portray something to advantage",
"word": "κολακεύω"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to portray something to advantage",
"word": "kedvező színben tüntet fel"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to portray something to advantage",
"word": "compiacere"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to portray something to advantage",
"word": "vantare"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to portray something to advantage",
"word": "incantare"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "lʹstitʹ",
"sense": "to portray something to advantage",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "льстить"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "vygoráživatʹ",
"sense": "to portray something to advantage",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "выгора́живать"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "výgoroditʹ",
"sense": "to portray something to advantage",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "вы́городить"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to portray something to advantage",
"word": "retocar"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "cheer someone with false hope",
"word": "hiteget"
}
],
"word": "flatter"
}
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"lang": "Polish",
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"masculine"
],
"word": "gładzik kowalski"
},
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"code": "es",
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"sense": "hammer",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "martillo"
}
],
"word": "flatter"
}
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