Flatter example sentences
Related (8): compliment, sweet-talk, praise, cajole, adulate, stroke, pander, charm
flat·ter
verb
flatter (verb) · flatters (third person present) · flattered (past tense) · flattered (past participle) · flattering (present participle)
- lavish praise and compliments on (someone), often insincerely and with the aim of furthering one's own interests:
- cause (someone) to feel honoured and pleased:
- choose to believe something favourable about oneself, typically when this belief is unfounded:
- give an unrealistically favourable impression of:
- (of a colour or a style of clothing) cause (someone) to appear to the best advantage:
- please (the ear or eye):
flat
adjective
flatter (comparative adjective)
- having a level surface; without raised areas or indentations:
- (of land) without hills:
- (of an expanse of water) calm and without waves.
- not sloping:
- having a broad level surface but little height or depth; shallow:
- (of shoes) without heels or with very low heels.
- lacking emotion; dull and lifeless:
- (of a person) without energy or enthusiasm:
- (of trade, prices, etc.) not showing much activity; sluggish:
- (of a colour) uniform:
- (of a photograph or negative) lacking contrast.
- (of a sparkling drink) having lost its effervescence:
- (of something kept inflated, especially a tyre) having lost some or all of its air, typically because of a puncture.
- (of a battery) having exhausted its charge.
- (of a fee, wage, or price) the same in all cases, not varying with changed conditions or in particular cases. See also flat rate.
- (of a denial, contradiction, or refusal) completely definite and firm; absolute:
- (of musical sound) below true or normal pitch.
- (of a key) having a flat or flats in the signature.
- (of a note) a semitone lower than a specified note:
- relating to flat racing:
Synonyms
compliment, praise, commend, admire, cajole, humour, blarney, flannel, blandish, laud, panegyrize, insult, honour, gratify, please, delight, gladden, offend, suit, become, enhance, embellish, ornament, grace, befit, level, horizontal, levelled, smooth, even, uniform, consistent, featureless, flush, plumb, regular, unvarying, continuous, unbroken, plane, vertical, bumpy, calm, still, tranquil, pacific, undisturbed, glassy, motionless, waveless, stilly, choppy, level, horizontal, levelled, smooth, even, uniform, consistent, featureless, flush, plumb, regular, unvarying, continuous, unbroken, plane, vertical, bumpy, shallow, wide, deep, low, heelless, monotonous, toneless, droning, boring, dull, tedious, uninteresting, unexciting, soporific, bland, vapid, vacant, insipid, prosaic, dreary, colourless, featureless, jejune, emotionless, unfeeling, unexcited, unexpressive, expressionless, lifeless, spiritless, lacklustre, dead, deadly, exciting, emotional, depressed, dejected, dispirited, despondent, downhearted, disheartened, discouraged, low, down, gloomy, glum, unhappy, blue, desolate, oppressed, enervated, sapped, weary, exhausted, devitalized, drained, cheerful, slow, inactive, sluggish, slack, quiet, depressed, stagnant, static, dead, unproductive, busy, still, dead, sparkling, deflated, punctured, burst, collapsed, ruptured, pierced, decompressed, depressurized, inflated, expired, dead, finished, kaput, dud, duff, fresh, working, fixed, set, regular, established, unchanging, unvarying, invariable, consistent, constant, uniform, straight, outright, direct, downright, absolute, definite, positive, straight, stark, plain, explicit, firm, resolute, adamant, assertive, emphatic, insistent, final, conclusive, complete, utter, categorical, unconditional, sheer, thorough, thoroughgoing, unqualified, unmodified, unequivocal, unquestionable, unrestricted, unmitigated"Flatter" Example Sentences
1. He flatters her to gain favor.
2. She flatters him to boost his ego.
3. Excessive flattery makes me suspicious.
4. His speech was full of flattery.
5. The students flattered the professor to get better grades.
6. Fawning flattery is the last refuge of the talentless.
7. The waiter lavished insincere flattery on the rich customer.
8. She responded well to his flattery.
9. She sees through his superficial flattery.
10. His fake compliments come across as flattery.
11. He flatters her to influence her thinking.
12. Cynical flattery will get you nowhere.
13. His insincere flattery fell flat.
14. Their flattering comments were clearly meant as manipulation.
15. His empty flattery was unappreciated.
16. She tuned out his meaningless flattery.
17. Her modesty prevented her from responding to flattery.
18. Extravagant flattery deserves no reward.
19. He flatters her but never listens to her.
20. He dished out flattery to influential people.
21. Their slavish flattery was pathetic.
22. His ingratiating flattery is obvious and transparent.
23. Hollow flattery gets you nowhere in life.
24. I find shameless flattery distasteful.
25. The actors lavished stagey flattery on the director.
26. He favored those who flattered him most.
27. The overblown flattery felt uncomfortable.
28. His flattery profited him no favors.
29. She avoids flattery by focusing on substance.
30. The politicians' flattery of voters is predictable.
31. I ignore insincere flattery.
32. His speech was full of flowery flattery.
33. They showered her with excessive flattery.
34. His flattery was transparent and shallow.
35. Accept flattery graciously but do not believe it.
36. They responded well to the speaker's flattery.
37. I prefer honesty to flattery.
38. The glowing flattery was received with skepticism.
39. His flattery seemed designed to elicit favors.
40. Don't be fooled by flattery. Judge people by their actions.
41. Her modesty made her doubt the sincerity of flattery.
42. I resent sycophantic flattery.
43. I tune out useless flattery.
44. The flattery felt insincere and insulting.
45. He heaped flattery on influential people.
46. She dismissed his flowery flattery as harmless but pointless.
47. Sycophantic flattery gets you nowhere.
48. He doled out flattery to get what he wanted.
49. Their exaggerated flattery seemed calculated.
50. His compliments come across as meaningless flattery.
51. The students lavished shameless flattery on their teachers.
52. The fawning flattery failed to impress her.
53. She heard his flattery but remained unconvinced.
54. Excessive flattery is likely to breed distrust.
55. Ambitious flattery will only cause resentment.
56. His lavish flattery was an attempt to manipulate her.
57. The insincere flattery left a bad taste in their mouths.
58. The flatterers spoke only to please ego.
59. She accepted the flattery graciously but did not believe it.
60. Their ingratiating flattery masked deep resentment.
Common Phases
1. Flattery will get you nowhere.
2. Flattery is the food of fools.
3. Overly lavish flattery.
4. Flattery that flatters nobody.
5. Flattery disarms criticism.
6. Flattery and false praise.
7. Flattery deserves no reward.
8. The flattery of friends.
9. A flattery of soft words.
10. Dishonest or excessive flattery.
11. The insincerity of flattery.
12. Flattery designed to manipulate.
13. Flattery to boost one's ego.
14. It flatters her vanity.
15. Sycophantic/ingratiating flattery.