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1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

accolade, adulation, apotheosis, ass-kissing, beguilement, bepraisement, blandishment, blarney, brown-nosing, cajolery, congratulation, deification, eloge, encomium, eulogium, eulogy, exaltation, excessive praise, glorification, glory, hero worship, homage, hommage, honeyed words, honor, idolatry, idolizing, incense, kudos, laud, laudation, lionizing, magnification, meed of praise, oil, overpraise, paean, panegyric, praise, soft, soft soap, sweet talk, tribute, truckling, wheedling

Dictionary Results for flattery:

1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)

flattery
    n 1: excessive or insincere praise

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Flattery \Flat"ter*y\, n.; pl. Flatteries. [OE. flaterie, OF.
   flaterie, F. flaterie, fr. flater to flatter, F. flatter; of
   uncertain origin. See Flatter, v. t.]
   The act or practice of flattering; the act of pleasing by
   artful commendation or compliments; adulation; false,
   insincere, or excessive praise.
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         Just praise is only a debt, but flattery is a present.
                                                  --Rambler.
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         Flattery corrupts both the receiver and the giver.
                                                  --Burke.

   Syn: Adulation; compliment; obsequiousness. See Adulation.
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