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Flatter

One who, or that which, makes flat or flattens.

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Manner of action 8

Adulate 76% connected

To flatter in a servile way.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Bootlick 76% connected

A toady.

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Fawn 76% connected

A young deer; a buck or doe of the first year. See Buck.

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Kotow 76% connected

The prostration made by mandarins and others to their superiors, either as homage or worship, by knocking the forehead on the ground. There are degre…

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Kowtow 76% connected

The same as Kotow.

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Stroke 76% connected

Struck.

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Toady 76% connected

A mean flatterer; a toadeater; a sycophant.

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Truckle 76% connected

A small wheel or caster.

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Broader term 1

Praise 76% connected

To commend; to applaud; to express approbation of; to laud; -- applied to a person or his acts.

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Blandishment 74% connected

The act of blandishing; a word or act expressive of affection or kindness, and tending to win the heart; soft words and artful caresses; cajolery; al…

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Blandishment 74% connected

The act of blandishing; a word or act expressive of affection or kindness, and tending to win the heart; soft words and artful caresses; cajolery; al…

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Synonym 1

Blandish 92% connected

To flatter with kind words or affectionate actions; to caress; to cajole.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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