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FlatteredFlatter Flat"ter, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Flattered; p. pr. &
vb. n. Flattering.] [OE. flateren, cf. OD. flatteren; akin
to G. flattern to flutter, Icel. fla?ra to fawn, flatter: cf.
F. flatter. Cf. Flitter, Flutter, Flattery.]
1. To treat with praise or blandishments; to gratify or
attempt to gratify the self-love or vanity of, esp. by
artful and interested commendation or attentions; to
blandish; to cajole; to wheedle.
When I tell him he hates flatterers, He says he
does, being then most flattered. --Shak.
A man that flattereth his neighbor, spreadeth a net
for his feet. --Prov. xxix.
5.
Others he flattered by asking their advice.
--Prescott.
2. To raise hopes in; to encourage or favorable, but
sometimes unfounded or deceitful, representations.
3. To portray too favorably; to give a too favorable idea of;
as, his portrait flatters him. Flatter
Flatter Flat"ter, v. i.
To use flattery or insincere praise.
If it may stand him more in stead to lie, Say and
unsay, feign, flatter, or adjure. --Milton.
Flatter
Flatter Flat"ter, n.
1. One who, or that which, makes flat or flattens.
2. (Metal Working)
(a) A flat-faced fulling hammer.
(b) A drawplate with a narrow, rectangular orifice, for
drawing flat strips, as watch springs, etc.
FlatterFlatter Flat"ter, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Flattered; p. pr. &
vb. n. Flattering.] [OE. flateren, cf. OD. flatteren; akin
to G. flattern to flutter, Icel. fla?ra to fawn, flatter: cf.
F. flatter. Cf. Flitter, Flutter, Flattery.]
1. To treat with praise or blandishments; to gratify or
attempt to gratify the self-love or vanity of, esp. by
artful and interested commendation or attentions; to
blandish; to cajole; to wheedle.
When I tell him he hates flatterers, He says he
does, being then most flattered. --Shak.
A man that flattereth his neighbor, spreadeth a net
for his feet. --Prov. xxix.
5.
Others he flattered by asking their advice.
--Prescott.
2. To raise hopes in; to encourage or favorable, but
sometimes unfounded or deceitful, representations.
3. To portray too favorably; to give a too favorable idea of;
as, his portrait flatters him.
Meaning of Flattered from wikipedia
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writers to
flatter the
reigning monarch, as
Edmund Spenser flattered Queen Elizabeth I in The
Faerie Queene,
William Shakespeare flattered King James...
- A
flatter is a
coloring specialist within the
comic book
industry that
prepares the
inked or
sketched comic book page for the
colorist with
digital art...
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Jamie Flatters (born 7 July 2000) is an
English actor,
filmmaker and singer. He
began his
career as a
child actor on
stage and in the CBBC
sitcom So Awkward...
- Paul
Flatters (16
September 1832 – 16
February 1881) was a
French soldier who
spent a long
period as a
military administrator in Algeria. He is
known as...
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Bordj Omar
Driss is a town and
commune in In
Amenas District,
Illizi Province, Algeria.
According to the 2008
census it has a po****tion of 5,736, up from...
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Flatterer (1979–2014) was an
American Thoroughbred racehorse. He was a
specialist steeplechaser who was the
first to win the
title of
American Champion...
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designer who
became renowned in the 1960s and 70s for his
unusual and
flattering designs. Gibb was born near New Pitsligo, a
small village in Aberdeenshire...
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Color analysis (American English;
colour analysis in
Commonwealth English), also
known as
personal color analysis (PCA),
seasonal color analysis, or skin-tone...
- of the
Grove Dictionary of Music,
which Larkin describes in less than
flattering terms. It is
published by the
Oxford University Press and was described...
- the
castle and its gardens. The word
blarney has come to mean "clever,
flattering, or
coaxing talk".
Irish politician John O'Connor
Power defined it this...
