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noun

adulation, blandishment, compliments, flattering remarks, gallantry, honeyed words, unctuousness, sycophancy, praise, fulsome praise, excessive compliment, plaudits, applause, eulogy, accolade, insincere commendation, false praise, commendation, tribute, encomium, puffery, cajolery, palaver, gratification, pretty speeches, soft words, fawning, toadying, wheedling, sweet talk, blarney, applesauce*, apple polishing*, banana oil*, soft soap*, eyewash*, hokum*, oil*, lip salve*, stroking*, strokes*, brown-nosing*, bootlicking*, ego massage*.

Antonyms criticism*, censure, derision.

See flattery in Webster's New World Roget's A-Z Thesaurus II


noun

Excessive, ingratiating praise:

adulation, blandishment, blarney, incense2, oil, slaver. (Informal) soft soap. Idiom: honeyed words. See praise

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