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Word entry · 7 letters

flatter

Best crossword clue

"Praise too much"

7 letters · collected on this word page

7 lettersPronunciation /ˈflætɚ/Part of speech verbSorted aeflrttStarts with FEnds with R1 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. praise somewhat dishonestly

Word origin

From flat + -er (comparative suffix). Compare Icelandic flatari (“flatter, more flat”).

Used in a sentence

  • A man that flattereth his neighbour spreadeth a net for his feet.
  • Her portrait flatters her.
  • Here is her picture: let me see; I think, If I had such a tire, this face of mine Were full as lovely as is this of hers: And yet the painter flatter’d her a little […]

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