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flattery meaning in Sinhala

ඉච්චාව iccāwa

/ˈflæt.ə.ɹi//ˈflæt.ɚ.i/

flattery in Sinhala: ඉච්චාව (iccāwa). In English, flattery means excessive praise or approval, which is often insincere and sometimes contrived to win favour.

Sinhala words for flattery

flattery, blandishment
ඉච්චාව iccāwa

English meaning of flattery

  1. noun Excessive praise or approval, which is often insincere and sometimes contrived to win favour.
  2. noun An instance of excessive praise.

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  • Don't you know that some of his contributions here are pure flattery?

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Questions about flattery in Sinhala

What is the meaning of flattery in Sinhala?
Flattery in Sinhala is ඉච්චාව (iccāwa).
flattery යන්නෙහි සිංහල තේරුම කුමක්ද?
Flattery: ඉච්චාව (iccāwa).
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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Sinhala words from Wiktionary's Sinhala entries whose English meaning is “flattery”: ඉච්චාව. 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 Sinhala words and English meanings and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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