Толковый словарь английского языка - flatter
Flatter
flatter
I. verb Etymology: Middle English flateren, from Anglo-French flater to lap, ~, of Germanic origin; akin to Old High German flaz flat Date: 13th century transitive verb to praise excessively especially from motives of self-interest, 2. beguile 4, to encourage or gratify especially with the assurance that something is right , 3. to portray too favorably , to display to advantage , intransitive verb to use ~y, ~er noun ~ingly adverb II. noun Date: 1714 one that flattens
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v.tr. 1 compliment unduly; overpraise, esp. for gain or advantage. 2 (usu. refl.; usu. foll. by that + clause) please, congratulate, or delude (oneself etc.) (I flatter myself that I can sing). 3 a (of a colour, a style, etc.) make (a person) appear to the best advantage (that blouse flatters you). b (esp. of a portrait, a painter, etc.) represent too favourably. 4 gratify the vanity of; make (a person) feel honoured. 5 inspire (a person) with hope, esp. unduly (was flattered into thinking himself invulnerable). 6 please or gratify (the ear, the eye, etc.). Phrases and idioms flattering unction a salve that one administers to one's own conscience or self-esteem (Shakesp. esp. Hamlet III. iv. 136). Derivatives flatterer n. flattering adj. flatteringly adv. Etymology: ME, perh. rel. to OF flater to smooth ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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