Flattery Synonyms and Antonyms

flătə-rē
Excessive, ingratiating praise
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. adulation
  2. blandishment
  3. praise
  4. blarney
  5. cajolery
  6. palaver
  7. puffery
  8. oil
  9. soft soap
  10. wheedling
  11. compliments
  12. flattering remarks
  13. gallantry
  14. honeyed words
  15. unctuousness
  16. sycophancy
  17. fulsome praise
  18. excessive compliment
  19. plaudits
  20. applause
  21. eulogy
  22. accolade
  23. insincere commendation
  24. false praise
  25. commendation
  26. tribute
  27. encomium
  28. blandiloquence
  29. gratification
  30. pretty speeches
  31. soft words
  32. bosh
  33. fawning
  34. toadying
  35. incense
  36. butter
  37. sweet-talk
  38. applesauce
  39. apple-polishing
  40. banana-oil
  41. compliment
  42. eyewash
  43. hokum
  44. flummery
  45. lip salve
  46. stroking
  47. strokes
  48. gloze
  49. brown-nosing
  50. slaver
  51. bootlicking
  52. ego massage
  53. salve
  54. snow-job
  55. taffy
Antonyms:
  1. criticism
  2. censure
  3. castigation
  4. insult
  5. denunciation
  6. derision
  7. offense
  8. condemnation
  9. belittlement

Words Related to Flattery

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Flattery Sentence Examples

  • In the face of such flattery, how could I resist?

  • If the days were filled with flattery, the nights were filled with emptiness.

  • Hoadly, being not unskilled in the art of flattery, was translated in 1721 to the see of Hereford, in 1723 to Salisbury and in 1734 to Winchester.

  • He does flow over the top with flattery.

  • Judicious flattery secured him the consulship under Caligula (39); and under Nero he was superintendent of the water supply.

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