Antonyms for flatter


Grammar : Verb
Spell : flat-er
Phonetic Transcription : ˈflæt ər


Definition of flatter

Origin :
  • early 13c., from Old French flater "to flatter" (13c.), originally "stroke with the hand, caress," from Frankish *flat "palm, flat of the hand" (see flat (adj.)). "[O]ne of many imitative verbs beginning with fl- and denoting unsteady or light, repeated movement" [Liberman]. Related: Flattered; flattering.
  • verb compliment excessively
  • verb complement, enhance
Example sentences :
  • Very well; she might flatter herself that she had for a mother a most famous hussy.
  • Extract from : « The Dream » by Emile Zola
  • His speech was not eloquent, nor did it flatter the Leopard Woman, but it was to the point.
  • Extract from : « The Leopard Woman » by Stewart Edward White
  • I do not give you all this account, my good Sir, to flatter you.
  • Extract from : « The Letters of Robert Burns » by Robert Burns
  • Does R—— flatter himself that his power over my heart is omnipotent?
  • Extract from : « Tales And Novels, Volume 8 (of 10) » by Maria Edgeworth
  • I believe it's to flatter me you say this, for that song is my writing.
  • Extract from : « Tales And Novels, Volume 8 (of 10) » by Maria Edgeworth
  • I am really a student, you see, and flatter myself I am a man of science.
  • Extract from : « A Woman Intervenes » by Robert Barr
  • But she could not flatter herself he paid much attention to her remarks.
  • Extract from : « The Coryston Family » by Mrs. Humphry Ward
  • THE fox knows how to flatter, and how to play many cunning tricks.
  • Extract from : « The Chinese Fairy Book » by Various
  • Steadily drearier grew the ocean, flatter all the heathen lands.
  • Extract from : « The Harbor » by Ernest Poole
  • I cannot speak of my own person, but my partial friends were too apt to flatter me.
  • Extract from : « Beaux and Belles of England » by Mary Robinson

Synonyms for flatter

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