flatter

flatter
1. v льстить; чрезмерно хвалить

you flatter me! — вы мне льстите!

to flatter oneself — быть слишком высокого мнения о себе; переоценивать себя

2. v быть польщённым

I feel flattered by your invitation — мне лестно получить ваше приглашение

3. v подольщаться
4. v приукрашивать; преувеличивать достоинства

the portrait flattered her — на портрете она красивее, чем в жизни

5. v быть к лицу, красить
6. v поэт. быть приятным, ласкать
7. n тех. гладилка, правильный молоток

flatter hammer — правильный молот

blacksmith flatter hammer — гладилка

blacksmith's flatter — кузнечная гладилка

cambered flatter — шаровой правильный молот

Синонимический ряд:
1. evener (adj.) evener; flusher; more even; more level; more planate; more plane; smoother; straighter
2. flatter (adj.) blinder; deader; dimmer; drabber; drier; duller; flatter; more colorless; more colourless; more earthbound; more lackluster; more lacklustre; more lifeless; more lusterless; more mat; more matter-of-fact; more muted; more pedestrian; more prosaic; more spiritless; more unimaginative; more uninspired; muddier; murkier; prosier; staler
3. more insipid (adj.) blander; inaner; more banal; more driveling; more flavourless; more innocuous; more insipid; more jejune; more milk-and-water; more namby-pamby; more sapless; more swashy; more vapid; more waterish; more watery; more wishy-washy
4. more prone (adj.) more decumbent; more horizontal; more procumbent; more prone; more prostrate; more reclining; more recumbent
5. more unpalatable (adj.) more distasteful; more flavorless; more ill-flavored; more savorless; more tasteless; more unappetizing; more unpalatable; more unsavory
6. poorer (adj.) lower; more beggared; more broke; more destitute; more fortuneless; more impecunious; more impoverished; more indigent; more necessitous; more penurious; more poverty-stricken; more stone-broke; more strapped; more unprosperous; needier; poorer; stonier
7. adulate (verb) adulate; compliment; extol; laud
8. deceive (verb) deceive; delude; fool; mislead
9. embellish (verb) adorn; beautify; become; embellish; enhance; enrich; suit
10. puff (verb) admire; commend; congratulate; praise; puff
Антонимический ряд:
belittle; criticize; detract; disgrace; disparage; insult

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  • flatter — [ flate ] v. tr. <conjug. : 1> • XIIe; aussi flater, flatir « jeter à plat »; du frq. °flat « plat » I ♦ A ♦ (Sujet personne; compl. être animé) 1 ♦ Louer excessivement ou faussement (qqn), pour plaire, séduire. ⇒ aduler, encenser,… …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • Flatter — Flat ter (fl[a^]t t[ e]r), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Flattered}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Flattering}.] [OE. flateren, cf. OD. flatteren; akin to G. flattern to flutter, Icel. fla[eth]ra to fawn, flatter: cf. F. flatter. Cf. {Flitter}, {Flutter}, {Flattery}.] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Flatter — Flat ter, v. i. To use flattery or insincere praise. [1913 Webster] If it may stand him more in stead to lie, Say and unsay, feign, flatter, or adjure. Milton. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • flatter — (v.) early 13c., from O.Fr. flater to flatter (13c.), originally stroke with the hand, caress, from Frankish *flat palm, flat of the hand (see FLAT (Cf. flat) (adj.)). [O]ne of many onomatopoeic verbs beginning with fl and denoting unsteady or… …   Etymology dictionary

  • flatter — [v1] compliment excessively adulate, beslaver, blandish, bootlick*, brownnose*, build up*, butter up*, cajole, cater to, charm, con, court, fawn*, get next to*, glorify, grovel, humor, inveigle, jolly, lay it on thick*, massage, oil*, overpraise …   New thesaurus

  • flatter — ► VERB 1) praise or compliment insincerely, especially to further one s own interests. 2) (usu. be flattered) cause to feel honoured and pleased. 3) (flatter oneself) believe something favourable about oneself, especially something unfounded. 4)… …   English terms dictionary

  • flatter — flatter1 [flat′ər] vt. [ME flateren < OFr flater, to smooth, caress with flat hand < Frank * flat, akin to OHG flaz, FLAT1] 1. to praise too much, untruly, or insincerely, as in order to win favor 2. to try to please, or ingratiate oneself… …   English World dictionary

  • Flatter — Flat ter (fl[a^]t t[ e]r), n. 1. One who, or that which, makes flat or flattens. [1913 Webster] 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 …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • flatter — index overestimate Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

  • Flatter — Flatter,die:dieF.machen:⇨wegschleichen(I) …   Das Wörterbuch der Synonyme

  • flatter — (fla té) v. a. 1°   Caresser par quelque attouchement (sens étymologique et primitif). Flatter un enfant. Flatter un cheval avec la main. Le chien flatte avec la queue. •   Puis, me flattant l épaule, il me fit librement L honneur que d approuver …   Dictionnaire de la Langue Française d'Émile Littré


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