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flatteries

flatteries is the plural of flattery.

Meaning of flattery

Noun

flattery (countable and uncountable, plural flatteries)

  1. (uncountable) Excessive praise or approval, which is often insincere and sometimes contrived to win favour.
    • Don't you know that some of his contributions here are pure flattery?
  2. (countable) An instance of excessive praise.
    • But I pitty the flatteries, and ſelfe-applauſes of a careleſſe and impenitent heart: This jollity hath in it much danger, and vvithout ſome change, death.1651, Jos[eph] Hall, “Soliloq[uy] XI. False Joy.”, in Susurrium cum Deo. Soliloquies: Or, Holy Self-conferences of the Devout Soul, […], 2nd edition, London: […] Will[iam] Hunt, and are to be sold by...

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Questions about flatteries

What is flatteries the plural of?
Flatteries is the plural of flattery.

Words near flatteries in the dictionary

  1. flatterers
  2. flatteress
  3. flatteresses
  4. flatterest
  5. flattereth
  6. flatteries
  7. flattering
  8. flattering oneself
  9. flatteringly
  10. flatteringness
  11. flatterings

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