as in praise
excessive praise
a talk show host who is known for charming her guests with disingenuous flattery
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Recent Examples of flattery
That, plus a golden iPhone (or key to the city) and a bit of flattery, should do the trick.
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Ravi Gupta,
New York Daily News,
10 June 2026
Hadley learned that Vintilla had been working as a restaurant hostess in London when Andrew connected with her on Instagram and began bombarding her with flattery.
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Heidi Blake,
New Yorker,
8 June 2026
During a May staff meeting, CEO Mark Zuckerberg took the flattery route.
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Jibin Joseph,
PC Magazine,
3 June 2026
Luckily, the heaps of flattery didn't go to his head.
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Kathleen Perricone,
Entertainment Weekly,
30 May 2026
See All Example Sentences for flattery
Ravi Gupta,
New York Daily News,
10 June 2026
Hadley learned that Vintilla had been working as a restaurant hostess in London when Andrew connected with her on Instagram and began bombarding her with flattery.
—
Heidi Blake,
New Yorker,
8 June 2026
During a May staff meeting, CEO Mark Zuckerberg took the flattery route.
—
Jibin Joseph,
PC Magazine,
3 June 2026
Luckily, the heaps of flattery didn't go to his head.
—
Kathleen Perricone,
Entertainment Weekly,
30 May 2026
See All Example Sentences for flattery
Recent Examples of Synonyms for flattery
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Starmer won praise from many for his international role, especially in bolstering European support for Ukraine.
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Germany's head coach, Julian Nagelsmann, gave Ecuador its deserved praise for the win today, saying his own team failed to find its rhythm in the second half.
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Each member derives her own realizations from this experience, with its dual crucibles of grindingly hard work and pop adulation.
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Hymns of praise and adulation are sung in honour of both men.
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Developed with some difficulty due to the material, which both financiers and some actors found too risqué, Sunday Bloody Sunday was eventually released to considerable acclaim, earning four nominations at the 1972 Academy Awards.
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For all the early acclaim, Hazemann, 26, and Monnin, 25, project a level of discipline that belies their age.
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But adoration of Messi does not lessen his appreciation of Ronaldo.
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Wong says her journey has been rooted in a fundamental adoration for the pure impact of cuisine and the need to never forget the flavors that carved her family's path to their future.
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Watch an encounter full of sweet talk, gaslighting and tension here.
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Don’t fall for compliments that don’t feel genuine, and don’t be afraid to confront whatever’s beneath someone’s sweet talk.
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“Flattery.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/flattery. Accessed 29 Jun. 2026.
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