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flattery

/ˈflat(ə)ri/

US pronunciation
American sound/ˈflat(ə)ri/
flattery
Syllables
3 syllables
Stress
1st syllable stress
Vowel
Schwa vowel
Ending
Final y vowel sound

flat - te - ry -> flattery

Myanmar meaning

(n) မြှောက်ပင့်ပြောခြင်း။

Full entry

flatter / 'flætǝ(r) / v

၁။ မျက်နှာချိုသွေးသည်။ ခယဝယ လုပ်သည်။ မြှောက်ပင့်သည်။ If you flatter your mother a bit she might invite us all to dinner.
၂။ (usu passive) ဝမ်းသာသည်။ ဂုဏ်ယူသည်။
I was very flattered by the invitation to speak at the conference.
၃။ လိုက်ဖက်သည်။ ဟပ်မိသည်။ ကိုက်သည်။
You need a hairstyle that flatters the shape of your face. ❍ (ironic ) This photograph certainly doesn't flatter you (ie It makes you look rather ugly).
၄။ ~ oneself (that …) (no passive) အထင်ကြီးသည်။ Do you really think he likes you? You flatter yourself! ❍ He flatters himself that he speaks French well. flatterer / 'flætǝrǝ(r) / n
❏ flattering / 'flætǝrÇŋ / adj
(က) လိုက်ဖက်သော။ ဟပ်မိ သော။ အသားဆောင်သော။ That's a very flattering dress Ann's wearing.
(ခ) နှစ်မြို့ဖွယ် ရှိသော။ နားဝင်ချိုသော။
His comments weren't very flattering.
❏ flattery / 'flætǝri / n [U] မြှောက်လုံးပင့်လုံး။ You're too intelligent to fall for his flattery.

More examples
  • You’re trying to flatter me
  • and it won’t work.
Synonyms
compliment, praise, sweet-talk, cajole, butter up, smooth talk, adorn, adulate, beautify, become, beslaver, blandish, blarney, bootlick, brownnose, build up, cajolery, cater to, charm, complement, compliment excessively, con, court, decorate, do something for, embellish, enhance, enrich, fawn, finish, flummery, get next to, glorify, go with, grace, grovel, humor, inveigle, jolly, lay it on thick, massage, oil, ornament, overpraise, palaver, perfect, play up to, put in best light, rub the right way, salve, sell, set off, show to advantage, snow, soft-soap, soften, spread it on, stroke, suck up to, suit, sweeten up, toady, wheedle, work on, work over
Antonyms
belittle, castigate, condemn, criticize, denounce, disfigure, ignore, insult, mar, mismatch, offend, spoil, uglify
Cross references
complimentpraisesweet-talkcajolebutter upsmooth talkadornadulatebeautifybecomebeslaverblandishblarneybootlickbrownnosebuild upcajolerycater tocharmcomplementcompliment excessivelyconcourtdecoratedo something forembellishenhanceenrich
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