flatterer
pronunciation
How to pronounce flatterer in British English:
UK ['flætərə(r)]
How to pronounce flatterer in American English:
US ['flætərə(r)]
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- Noun:
- a person who uses flattery
Word Origin
- flatterer (n.)
- mid-14c., agent noun from flatter. An old contemptuous term for one was flattercap (1680s). Fem. form flatteress is attested from late 14c.-18c.
Example
- 1. Don 't believe him he 's a real flatterer .
- 2. The same man cannot be both friend and flatterer .
- 3. I cannot be your friend and your flatterer too .
- 4. Where there is a flatterer , there is also a fool .
- 5. Where there is a flatterer there is also a fool .