flatter

Từ điển Oxford Learners Wordfinder Dictionary

verb

praise somewhat dishonestly (Freq. 7)
• Syn:
blandish
• Ant:
disparage
• Derivationally related forms:
blandishment (for: blandish), flatterer, flattery
• Hypernyms:
praise
• Hyponyms:
soft-soap, adulate, stroke, fawn, toady,
toady, bootlick, kowtow, kotow, suck up,
butter up, brown-nose
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s somebody
- Something ----s somebody
- Sam cannot flatter Sue

• Từ trái nghĩa / Antonyms:
  disparage, belittle, pick at