| 单词 | to flatter with |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto flatter with 2. To try to please or win the favour of (a person) by obsequious speech or conduct; to court, fawn upon. †Also intr. to flatter with. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > approval or sanction > commendation or praise > flattery or flattering > servile flattery or currying favour > flatter servilely or curry favour with [verb (transitive)] flatter1340 to claw the back ofc1394 to pick a thank (also thanks)c1422 clawc1425 to claw by the sleeve1509 to claw by the backa1542 fawna1568 to make or pay (one's) court to1590 adulate1612 hug1622 sycophant1637 to make up to1701 to whip it in with1702 cultivate1706 incense1708 to wheedle in with1726 to grandfather up1747 slaver1794 toad1802 to play up to ——1809 nut1819 toady1827 bootlick1846 to suck up to1860 lickspittle1886 jolly1890 bum-suck1918 arse-lick1919 to cosy up to1937 brown-nose1948 ass-kiss1951 ass-lick1962 love-bomb1976 1340 Ayenbite (1866) 61 Þe blondere defendeþ and excuseþ and wryeþ þe kueades and þe zennes of ham þet he wyle ulateri. c1380 J. Wyclif Sel. Wks. III. 344 Þes men..flateren hem, for þei hopen to haue wynnyng of hem. a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1871) III. 315 Ȝif þou woldest flatere wiþ Denys þe kyng, þou schuldest nouȝt wasche þese wortes. c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 164 Flateryn, adulor. 1559 W. Baldwin et al. Myrroure for Magistrates Worcester ii To frayne the truth, the living for to flatter. 1597 W. Shakespeare Richard II ii. i. 87 I mocke my name (great King) to flatter thee. View more context for this quotation 1738 A. Pope Wks. II. ii. 162 One poor Poet..Who never flatter'd Folks like you. 1764 O. Goldsmith Traveller 19 To flatter kings, or court the great. 1830 Ld. Tennyson Mermaid in Poems 29 The bold merry mermen..would sue me, and woo me, and flatter me. 1842 E. Bulwer-Lytton Zanoni i. i. 5 Yet was he thoroughly unsocial. He formed no friends, flattered no patrons. to flatter with 3. To praise or compliment unduly or insincerely. †Const. of. †Also in weaker sense, to gloss over, palliate (faults), speak too leniently to (an offender). †Formerly also intr. to flatter with. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > exaggeration, hyperbole > exaggerate [verb (transitive)] flatter?c1225 engregec1386 enhancec1400 extol?1504 extend1509 aggravate1533 exagger1535 blowa1538 amplify1561 exasperate1561 bombast1566 aggerate1570 enlarge1592 rengrege1601 exaggerate1604 magnify1605 hyperbolize1609 to slobber over ——1761 bloat1896 over-heighten1904 overpitch1904 overblow1961 inflate1982 the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > approval or sanction > commendation or praise > flattery or flattering > flatter [verb (intransitive)] fikea1225 flatter?c1225 ficklec1230 blandisha1340 smooth1340 glaver1380 softa1382 glozec1386 to hold (also bear) up oila1387 glothera1400 flaitec1430 smekec1440 love?a1500 flata1522 blanch1572 cog1583 to smooth it1583 smooth1587 collogue1602 to oil the tongue1607 sleek1607 wheedle1664 pepper1784 blarney1837 to pitch (the) woo1935 flannel1941 sweet-talk1956 the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > approval or sanction > commendation or praise > flattery or flattering > flatter [verb (transitive)] flatter?c1225 flackera1250 slickc1250 blandishc1305 blandc1315 glozec1330 beflatter1340 curryc1394 elkena1400 glaverc1400 anointa1425 glotherc1480 losenge1480 painta1513 to hold in halsc1560 soothe1580 smooth1584 smooth1591 soothe1601 pepper1654 palp1657 smoothify1694 butter1700 asperse1702 palaver1713 blarney1834 sawder1834 soft-soap1835 to cock up1838 soft-solder1838 soother1842 behoney1845 soap1853 beslaver1861 beslobber1868 smarm1902 sugar1923 sweetmouth1948 smooth-talk1950 society > morality > duty or obligation > moral or legal constraint > immunity or exemption from liability > excuse > excuse (a person or fault) [verb (transitive)] > extenuate whiteOE gloze1390 colourc1400 emplasterc1405 littlec1450 polish?c1450 daub1543 plaster1546 blanch1548 flatter1552 extenuate1570 alleviate1577 soothe1587 mincea1591 soothe1592 palliate1604 sweeten1635 rarefy1637 mitigate1651 glossa1656 whitewash1703 qualify1749 ?c1225 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Cleo. C.vi) (1972) 165 Flattereð [a1250 Titus faltreð; a1250 Nero flakereð] hire of freolec. 1535 Bible (Coverdale) Prov. xxviii. D He that rebuketh a man, shall fynde more fauoure at ye last, then he that flatreth him. 1552 H. Latimer Serm. 31 Jan. Here learne..not to flatter with any body when they do..wickedly, for Christ, perceauing his disciples to be vnbeleuers, flattered them not, but..rebuked them for their faultes. 1659 J. Ray Corr. (1848) 2 I would not be flattered, I am not so fond of my own conceits. 1738 A. Pope One Thousand Seven Hundred & Thirty Eight 6 Let..ev'ry Fool and Knave Be grac'd thro' Life, and flatter'd in his Grave. 1896 N.E.D. at Flatter Mod. ‘Your beautiful voice—’ ‘Ah! you are flattering me.’ to flatter with 5. To play upon the vanity or impressionableness of (a person); to beguile or persuade with artful blandishments; to coax, wheedle. Const. from, into, to, out of. †Also intr. to flatter with. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > motivation > persuasion > persuade (a person) [verb (transitive)] > wheedle, coax, or cajole fleechc1425 coyc1490 flatter?a1513 cuittlec1565 smooth1584 ingle1602 cajole1645 collogue1660 wheedle1661 coax1663 to wheedle with1664 to cajole with1665 manage1677 whilly1721 carney1811 whillywha1816 canoodle1864 patise1891 schmear1910 sweet-talk1936 soft-talk1946 snow-job1962 the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > approval or sanction > commendation or praise > flattery or flattering > persuasive flattery or cajolery > cajole [verb (transitive)] fagea1400 fleechc1425 flatter?a1513 stroke1513 sweeten1594 ingle1602 honey1604 coga1616 cajole1645 collogue1660 wheedle1661 coax1663 to wheedle with1664 to cajole with1665 tweedle1715 whilly1721 whillywha1816 to salve over1862 schmooze1899 plámás1919 sweet-talk1936 a1513 W. Dunbar Poems (1998) I. 249 In me wes falset with every wicht to flatter. 1537 Bible (Matthew's) Judges xvi. 5 Flatter with hym [1539 Taverner Flatter him] & se wherin hys great strenght lyeth. 1579 S. Gosson Schoole of Abuse f. 3v As waiwarde children, the more they bee flattered the woorse they are. 1591 Troublesome Raigne Iohn ii. sig. B3v For Priests and Women must be flattered. 1592 W. Warner Albions Eng. (rev. ed.) vii. xxxiiii. 150 He flattered his Neeces from their mother. 1650 T. Fuller Pisgah-sight of Palestine ii. i. 65 Or did he hope..to flatter heaven into a consent? 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost x. 42 Man should be seduc't And flatter'd out of all, believing lies Against his Maker. View more context for this quotation 1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) Flatter, to coaks, soothe up or wheedle. 1849 A. Alison Hist. Europe from French Revol. (new ed.) II. viii. 276 You may easily flatter a tyrant: but to flatter twenty-five millions of men is as impossible as to flatter the Deity himself. to flatter with a. To encourage or cheer (a person) with hopeful or pleasing representations; to inspire with hope, usually on insufficient grounds. Also, To foster (hopes). †Formerly also intr. to flatter with. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > deception by illusion, delusion > deceive, delude [verb (transitive)] bedidderc1000 bipechec1000 swikeOE fodea1375 flatter1377 to make believea1393 illude1447 miscarrya1450 to fode forth (also occasionally forward, off, on, out)1479 delude1493 sophisticate1597 sile1608 prestigiate1647 will-o'-the-wisp1660 bilk1672 foxa1716 fickle1736 moonshine1824 the mind > mental capacity > expectation > hope > promise, ground of hope > promise, encourage expectation [verb (intransitive)] > on insufficient grounds flatter1377 the mind > mental capacity > expectation > hope > promise, ground of hope > foster hopes [verb (transitive)] > encourage flatter1377 cosy1939 the mind > mental capacity > expectation > hope > promise, ground of hope > foster hopes [verb (transitive)] > false or uncertain flatter1377 feed1530 dangle1871 cosy1960 the mind > mental capacity > expectation > hope > promise, ground of hope > foster hopes [verb (transitive)] behightc1420 flatter1795 1377 W. Langland Piers Plowman B. xx. 109 Fortune gan flateren..þo fewe..And byhight hem longe lyf. 1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis III. 174 I shall..deceive and lie With flaterende prophecie. 1587 A. Fleming et al. Holinshed's Chron. (new ed.) III. Contin. 1351/1 My lord, you are verie sicke, I will not flatter with you. 1594 W. Shakespeare Venus & Adonis (new ed.) sig. Gv Hope..doth flatter thee in thoughts vnlikely. a1616 W. Shakespeare Twelfth Night (1623) i. v. 293 Desire him not to flatter with his Lord, Nor hold him vp with hopes, I am not for him. View more context for this quotation a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry IV, Pt. 2 (1623) i. iii. 29 Flatt'ring himselfe with [1600 in] Proiect of a power, Much smaller, then the smallest of his Thoughts. 1730–1 Swift's Lett. (1766) II. 123 Now were you in vast hopes you should hear no more from me..but don't flatter yourself. 1762 H. Walpole Vertue's Anecd. Painting I. vi. 128 The Carews..were flattered with the hopes of this match. 1795 W. Paley View Evidences Christianity (ed. 3) II. ii. v. 130 It was his business to have flattered the prevailing hopes. 1842 Ld. Tennyson Two Voices in Poems (new ed.) II. 129 Wilt thou make everything a lie, To flatter me that I may die? 1855 W. H. Prescott Hist. Reign Philip II of Spain I. ii. ix. 243 Men had flattered themselves..with the expectation of some change for the better. 1890 Daily News 24 Nov. 3/5 The Irish filly never flattered her backers. < as lemmas |
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