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flatterflatter /ˈflæt̮ɚ/ ●○○ verb ETYMOLOGYflatterOrigin: 1100-1200 Old French flater to move the tongue against, flatter VERB TABLEflatter |
| Present | I, you, we, they | flatter | | he, she, it | flatters | | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | flattered | | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have flattered | | he, she, it | has flattered | | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had flattered | | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will flatter | | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have flattered |
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| Present | I | am flattering | | he, she, it | is flattering | | you, we, they | are flattering | | Past | I, he, she, it | was flattering | | you, we, they | were flattering | | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been flattering | | he, she, it | has been flattering | | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been flattering | | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be flattering | | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been flattering |
► Don’t flatter yourself “I think you like me more than you’ll admit.” “Don’t flatter yourself.” THESAURUSto say that you admire and approve of someone or something, especially publicly► praiseto say that you admire and approve of someone or something, especially publicly: The new freeway plan has been praised by local business leaders. ► congratulate to tell someone that you are happy that he or she has achieved something: He congratulated Susan on winning the contest. ► flatter to say nice things about someone, sometimes when you do not really mean it, often to get something you want: He said I was beautiful, but I think he was just trying to flatter me. ► compliment (also pay somebody a compliment) to say something nice about the way someone looks or what someone has done in order to praise him or her: He complimented her on her delicious cooking. ► extol formal to praise something very much: One of his colleagues extolled him as “a very fine human being.” ► commend formal to praise someone or something publicly or formally: The children were commended for saving the dog. ► applaud formal to publicly praise a decision, action, or idea: Business leaders applauded the government’s decision to lower taxes. 1[transitive] to praise someone in order to please him or her, even though you do not really mean it: Don’t try to flatter me!► see thesaurus at praise12[transitive] to make someone look as attractive as he or she can: That dress really flatters your figure.3flatter yourself to think that you have a good quality or ability, although you may not have it: “I think you like me more than you’ll admit.” “Don’t flatter yourself.”4you flatter me spoken formal used to say that something nice someone has just said about you is not true: “You know how popular you are with the ladies.” “You flatter me.”5[transitive] to make something look or seem more important or better than it really is: The novel doesn’t flatter Midwestern attitudes and morals. [Origin: 1100–1200 Old French flater to move the tongue against, flatter] |