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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