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Meaning of "flatteries" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF FLATTERIES

flatteries  [ˈflætərɪz] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF FLATTERIES

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Flatteries 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.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH FLATTERIES


conservatories
kənˈsɜːvətərɪz
interrogatories
ˌɪntəˈrɒɡətərɪz
lavatories
ˈlævətərɪz
masteries
ˈmɑːstərɪz
monasteries
ˈmɒnəstərɪz
mysteries
ˈmɪstərɪz
nectaries
ˈnektərɪz
oratories
ˈɒrətərɪz
Potteries
ˈpɒtərɪz
presbyteries
ˈprezbɪtərɪz
reformatories
rɪˈfɔːmətərɪz
refractories
rɪˈfræktərɪz
rotaries
ˈrəʊtərɪz
signatories
ˈsɪɡnətərɪz
territories
ˈterətərɪz
tributaries
ˈtrɪbjʊtərɪz
upholsteries
ʌpˈhəʊlstərɪz
victories
ˈvɪktərɪz
voluntaries
ˈvɒləntərɪz
votaries
ˈvəʊtərɪz

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE FLATTERIES

flatstick
flatted
flatten
flattener
flatter
flatterable
flattered
flatterer
flattering
flatteringly
flatterous
flatterously
flattery
flattest
flattie
flatties
flatting
flattish
flattop
flatty

WORDS THAT END LIKE FLATTERIES

A series
accessories
arteries
bakeries
batteries
breweries
cemeteries
deliveries
discoveries
fisheries
galleries
groceries
lotteries
miniseries
nurseries
queries
series
surgeries
time series
wineries
World Series

Synonyms and antonyms of flatteries in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «FLATTERIES»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «flatteries» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of flatteries

Translation of «flatteries» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF FLATTERIES

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

Translator English - Chinese

奉承
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

adulaciones
570 millions of speakers

English

flatteries
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

flatteries
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

التملق
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

лести
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

lisonjas
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

চাটুকারিতার
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

flatteries
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Pembaziran
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Schmeicheleien
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

flatteries
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

아첨
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Flattery
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

tâng bốc
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

முகஸ்துதிகளுக்கும்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

खोटा
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

flatteries
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

lusinghe
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

pochlebstwa
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

лестощів
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

lingușiri
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

κολακείες
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

aansluit
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

smicker
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

flatteries
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of flatteries

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «FLATTERIES»

The term «flatteries» is normally little used and occupies the 115.718 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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Principal search tendencies and common uses of flatteries
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «FLATTERIES» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «flatteries» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «flatteries» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

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

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «FLATTERIES»

Discover the use of flatteries in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to flatteries and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Flatteries: Webster's Quotations, Facts and Phrases
Criticize me, and I may not like you. Ignore me, and I may not forgive you. Encourage me, and I may not forget you.ndash;William ArthurFortune cannot be flattered by such fetish worship.
‎2008
2
Sincerest flatteries: a little book of imitations
The first in the new Tupelo Press Masters series In this collection, Kurt Brown pays tribute to twenty-four leading poets through a masterful act of literary ventriloquism.
Kurt Brown, 2007
3
The plays and poems of William Shakspeare
Now, by my life, Old fools are babes again ; and must be us'd With checks, as flatteries, — when they are seen abus'd9.] Remember what I have said. Stew. Very well, madam. Gon. And let his knights have colder looks among you ; What grows ...
William Shakespeare, James Boswell, Edmond Malone, 1821
4
King Lear
"Now, by'my. life, * Old fools are babes again, and must be used 20 * With checks as flatteries, when they are seen abused.* 14. fellows] fellow /eruants Q,. fel- Ioio- feruants Q . fd] I'de F,Fa. i'deQr ldeQ,- to] in Qq. 15. distaste] dijIihe Qq, Cap.
William Shakespeare, Horace Howard Furness, 1880
5
Apostolic Voice Legacy
This is how Flatteries will creep in our churches with “excessive praise”, and it will seem innocent. The devil will use flatteries from men and women that can flatter you. With flatteries come compromise and with compromise come seducing ...
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The plays of William Shakspeare, with the corrections and ...
Now, by my life, Old fools are babes agnin ; and must be us'd With checks, as flatteries, — when they are seen abus'd.*5 Remember what I have said. Strw. Very well, madam. Gun. And let his knights have colder looks among you ; What grows ...
William Shakespeare, Joseph Dennie, Samuel Johnson, 1809
7
The Plays of William Shakspeare: In Fifteen Volumes : with ...
[Exeunt. feems to be this : Old nten muft he treated with checks, when as they are fern to be deceived with ftatteries : or, when they are <weak enough to he feen abufed by flatteries, they are then weak enough to be tefed with checks. There is a ...
William Shakespeare, George Steevens, Samuel Johnson, 1793
8
The plays and poems of William Shakespeare: with the ...
Now, by my life, Old fools are babes again ; and must be us'd With checks, as flatteries, — when they are seen abus'd 9.] Remember what I have said. STEW. Very well, madam. GON. And let his knights have colder looks among you ; What  ...
William Shakespeare, James Boswell, Richard Farmer, 1821
9
A New Variorum Edition of Shakespeare: King Lear. 10th ed. 1908
N ow, by my life, * Old foOls are babes again, and must be used 20 * \Vith checks as flatteries, when they are seen abused.* 14. fillows] fellow feruants Qt. fellow- feruants Q2. l'd] ['de FIFQ. i 'de Q,. Ide Q2. to] in Qq. 15. distaste] di/lihe Qq, Cap.
William Shakespeare, Horace Howard Furness, Samuel Burdett Hemingway, 1908
10
I Have a Message Do You?
Flatteries And You Men and women are flattered in our 'churches' today because they are effective for God. The devil is not going to flatter you if you mean no threat to him. Once you're born again, you're a threat to him and therefore flatteries ...
Oneil McQuick, 2006

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «FLATTERIES»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term flatteries is used in the context of the following news items.
1
The Armies of Armageddon
Now, the upheaval in the grand coalition opens the door for someone else through flatteries and deceit to put together a coalition and become chancellor—next ... «theTrumpet.com, Jul 15»
2
Robert E. Lee owned slaves, and other facts on the Civil War general
"We can scarcely take up a newspaper ... that is not filled with nauseating flatteries" of Lee, from which "it would seem ... that the soldier who ... «NOLA.com, Jun 15»
3
Visite du président français François Hollande au Cameroun le 03 …
C'est le lieu de conseiller une fois pour toute à mes amis comme vous, de m'épargner de leurs messages et flatteries quand ils se font ... «Cameroonvoice, Jun 15»
4
Award-winning play explores differences in racial attitudes
“They're politically correct, using euphemisms and self-righteous liberal flatteries. . . . But Norris shows that today we're just as tribal, territorial ... «Columbus Dispatch, Jun 15»
5
Good Guys Win. Really.Stew Friedman
... Men who can stand before a demagogue And damn his treacherous flatteries without winking! Tall men, sun-crowned, who live above the fog ... «LinkedIn, May 15»
6
Not your traditional book review: Giving Up is profound and hilarious …
There was nothing more despicable in Poe's estimation than this “tissue of flatteries,” and he viewed cronyism as anathema to the health of ... «The Globe and Mail, May 15»
7
Sorry, Iowa, but you're not that special: Hilarious hype aside, Jeb …
... and shower them with money and assorted other flatteries every cycle. Bush has raised a still unknown but presumably mind-blowing amount ... «Salon, May 15»
8
Leah Libresco's Arriving at Amen is out
... the mercy of Christ–and is paradoxically merciless with her own falsities, charades, self-flatteries, flummery, and balderdash as she does so. «Patheos, Apr 15»
9
"The Irony of Masada"
In this regard, he faults others for writing flatteries and fictions about the war (kolakeiais ē plasmasi) as they exalted the Romans while down playing (kataballein) ... «The Bible and Interpretation, Feb 15»
10
Culture And Development in Africa
... Excellency, Felix Houphouet Boigny, led the country for more than 32 years, he was called the wise man, the good man with all the flatteries. «BusinessGhana, Feb 15»

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Flatteries [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/flatteries>. Apr 2024 ».
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