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One may define flattery as a base companionship which is most advantageous to the flatterer.
Theophrastus

Meaning of "flatterer" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF FLATTERER

flatterer  [ˈflætərə] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF FLATTERER

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
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Flatterer is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES FLATTERER MEAN IN ENGLISH?

flatterer

Flattery

Flattery is the act of giving excessive compliments, generally for the purpose of ingratiating oneself with the subject. Historically, flattery has been used as a standard form of discourse when addressing a king or queen. In the Renaissance, it was a common practice among writers to flatter the reigning monarch, as Edmund Spenser flattered Queen Elizabeth I in The Faerie Queene, William Shakespeare flattered King James I in Macbeth and Niccolò Machiavelli flattered Lorenzo II de' Medici, ruler of Florence and Duke of Urbino, in The Prince. Flattery is also used in pick-up lines when attempting to initiate romantic courtship. Most associations with flattery, however, are negative. Negative descriptions of flattery range at least as far back in history as The Bible. In the Divine Comedy, Dante depicts flatterers wading in human excrement, stating that their words were the equivalent of excrement, in the 8th Circle of Hell. An insincere flatterer is a stock character in many literary works. Examples include Wormtongue from J. R. R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings, Goneril and Regan from King Lear, and Iago from Othello.

Definition of flatterer in the English dictionary

The definition of flatterer in the dictionary is a person who flatters someone else by praising them insincerely.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH FLATTERER


adulterer
əˈdʌltərə
baby-batterer
ˈbeɪbɪˌbætərə
batterer
ˈbætərə
caterer
ˈkeɪtərə
charterer
ˈtʃɑːtərə
chatterer
ˈtʃætərə
clatterer
ˈklætərə
Coleoptera
ˌkɒlɪˈɒptərə
diptera
ˈdɪptərə
entera
ˈɛntərə
lepidoptera
ˌlepɪˈdɒptərə
letterer
ˈlɛtərə
natterer
ˈnætərə
patera
ˈpætərə
patterer
ˈpætərə
scatterer
ˈskætərə
shatterer
ˈʃætərə
smatterer
ˈsmætərə
tantara
ˈtæntərə
Twitterer
ˈtwɪtərə

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE FLATTERER

flatstick
flatted
flatten
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flatter
flatterable
flattered
flatteries
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flatteringly
flatterous
flatterously
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flattest
flattie
flatties
flatting
flattish
flattop
flatty

WORDS THAT END LIKE FLATTERER

alterer
bolsterer
enterer
falterer
Federer
filterer
fosterer
fruiterer
litterer
loiterer
mutterer
poulterer
registerer
shelterer
slaughterer
splutterer
stutterer
upholsterer
utterer
waterer
winterer

Synonyms and antonyms of flatterer in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «flatterer» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF FLATTERER

Find out the translation of flatterer to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of flatterer from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «flatterer» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

马屁精
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

adulador
570 millions of speakers

English

flatterer
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

चापलूस
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

المتملق
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

льстец
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

adulador
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

চাটুকার
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

flatteur
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Pelik
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Schmeichler
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

おべっか使い
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

아첨꾼
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Flatterer
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

người bợ đở
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

flatterer
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

फ्लॅटटेरर
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

yağcı
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

adulatore
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

pochlebca
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

підлесник
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

lingușitor
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

κόλακας
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

vleier
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

flatterer
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

smigrer
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of flatterer

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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «FLATTERER» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about flatterer

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3 QUOTES WITH «FLATTERER»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word flatterer.
1
William Shenstone
Hope is a flatterer, but the most upright of all parasites; for she frequents the poor man's hut, as well as the palace of his superior.
2
Richard Steele
I cannot think of any character below the flatterer, except he who envies him.
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Theophrastus
One may define flattery as a base companionship which is most advantageous to the flatterer.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «FLATTERER»

Discover the use of flatterer in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to flatterer and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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How to know a flatterer from a friend
Plutarch. suspicion of a cheat, unless we be extremely curious in remarking the difference between them. It is storied of Gobryas (one of the Persian nobility, who joined with Darius against the Magi), that he pursued one of them into a dark ...
Plutarch
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The Flatterer, Or, False Friendship. A Tale
THE FLATTERER', 80CHAPTER I. Delqded by a seeming excellence—Spectator , No. 460. ' r. CLARA PEMBERTON was the eldest daughter of a gentleman engaged in the profession of the law, but whose sphere of practice was too confined ...
Mary Ann Hedge, 1822
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Glympses across the Irish channel, by a friend, not a flatterer
St. George's channel. LETTER X. MY DEAR FRIEND, 1 have received your Letter , saying that, as you think the present is the best time for" giving publicity to my " Glympses across the Irish Channel," you desire to know whether I have any thing  ...
St. George's channel, 1824
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Essays
Plutarch's topic of flatterer and friend was by no means new, but had well- established literary and philosophical precedents. There were different strands to this, some tracing flattery or friendship alone, others interweaving the two. The Greek ...
Plutarch, Ian Kidd, 1992
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A Harmony of the Essays: Etc
Some praises proceede meerly of flattery, and if hee be an ordinary Flatterer, he will have certaine Common Attributes which may serve every Man ; If he be a Cunning Flatterer he will sollowe the Archflatterer which is a Mans self, and wherein ...
Francis Bacon, Edward Arber, 1871
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A harmony of the essays, etc. of Francis Bacon
For the Odours of Oyntementes, are more durable then those of Flowers. There be so manie false pointes of praise, that a Man may iustly hold it suspect. Some praises proceede meerly of flattery, and if hee be an ordinary Flatterer, he will have ...
Francis Bacon, Edward Arber, William Rawley, 1895
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A Complete Dictionary of Poetical Quotations: Comprising the ...
FLATTERER. That subtle serpent, servile flattery, Seldom infeets the meaner man , that fears No ehange of state, through fortune's treaehery ; She spits her poison at the mightiest peers, And with her eharms enehants the prinee's ears : In ...
Sarah Josepha Buell Hale, 1864
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Proverbs, Maxims, and Phrases of All Ages, Classified ...
Flatterer, Flattery. 1. A flatterer, a hypocrite. Ger. 2. A flatterer is a secret enemy. Hungarian. 3. A flatterer is the shadow of a fool. Giles' Proverbs. 4. A flatterer of vice is an immoral man. Johnson. 5. A flatterer has a poisonous tongue. Ger. 6.
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Reading Shakespeare's Characters: Rhetoric, Ethics, and Identity
also play their part, for some of the portrait's action has been transferred from the Flatterer himself to tropes: For instance, the Flatterer's "tongue walks ever in one tracke of uniust praises"; or "his base minde is well matched with a mercenarie ...
Christy Desmet, 1992
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Essays
Plutarch's topic of flatterer and friend was by no means new, but had well- established literary and philosophical precedents. There were different strands to this, some tracing flattery or friendship alone, others interweaving the two. The Greek ...
Plutarch,, 2006

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «FLATTERER»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term flatterer is used in the context of the following news items.
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Princess Charlotte: perfect portraits or fake PR nonsense?
He concedes that Kate Middleton and Prince William have "plenty to smile about", but says "Testino, the world's most horrible flatterer of wealth ... «The Week UK, Jul 15»
2
Testino's portrait of William and Kate is a sickly sweet lie
But Testino, the world's most horrible flatterer of wealth and status, makes every smile look phoney. He makes reality itself seem a glib and ... «The Guardian, Jul 15»
3
Why we should recapture the lost art of flirting
The flatterer wants something. Buttered up, there's a chance the singular, exemplary, breathtaking you is going to surrender it. So, that's what ... «National Post, Jul 15»
4
"Whispered words of wisdom" (let a few more BE)
PPS: "It has been well said 'the arch-flatterer with whom all the petty flatterers have communion is a man's self." – Francis Bacon (1561-1626) «RenewAmerica, Jul 15»
5
SISTAR's Bora Is Casual And Feminine In InStyle
During the accompanying interview, Bora talked about her role in the web drama Flatterer, based off the web cartoon of the same name. «KpopStarz, Jul 15»
6
Now Young Thug Has an Ice Cream Tattoo on His Face, Too
Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, and by getting an ice cream cone face tattoo Young Thug has proven himself a master flatterer. «Radio.com Music and Entertainment News, Jun 15»
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Andy Murray v Nick Kyrgios: French Open 2015 – as it happened
But what a flatterer-to-deceiver this man Kyrgios is, too. On the next point, he delivers another baseline salvo to earn a short ball, only to wallop ... «The Guardian, May 15»
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Kundapur: Threatening 'Don' becomes Halady's flatterer
Kundapur, May 29: Nobody exactly knows what prompted the threatening 'don' to become a flatterer. Some feel that it a police complaint. «Daijiworld.com, May 15»
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How to spot a compliment with an ulterior motive
One preliminary factor to consider is whether the flatterer intends for you to hear the compliment. "If you really want to learn the ropes, watch the ... «Business Insider, May 15»
10
Celebrate George Clooney's birthday with his own words of wisdom
... which translates as a descendant of Clughnach, meaning a rogue or a flatterer. His father's mother's maiden name, meanwhile was Guilfoyle. «IrishCentral, May 15»

REFERENCE
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