flattery meaning in Sanskrit
प्रेयस् preyas
/ˈflæt.ə.ɹi//ˈflæt.ɚ.i/
flattery in Sanskrit: प्रेयस् (preyas). In English, flattery means excessive praise or approval, which is often insincere and sometimes contrived to win favour.
Sanskrit words for flattery
- flattery
- प्रेयस् preyas
English meaning of flattery
- noun Excessive praise or approval, which is often insincere and sometimes contrived to win favour.
- noun An instance of excessive praise.
flattery in a sentence
- Don't you know that some of his contributions here are pure flattery?
Synonyms of flattery
flattery in other languages
Questions about flattery in Sanskrit
- What is the meaning of flattery in Sanskrit?
- Flattery in Sanskrit is प्रेयस् (preyas).
- flattery इत्यस्य संस्कृते कः अर्थः?
- Flattery: प्रेयस् (preyas).
- What does flattery mean in English?
- Flattery means excessive praise or approval, which is often insincere and sometimes contrived to win favour.
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Sanskrit words from Wiktionary's Sanskrit entries whose English meaning is “flattery”: प्रेयस्. English meanings adapted from Wiktionary: flattery (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the Sanskrit words and English meanings and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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