flatter
US: /ˈfɫætɝ/
UK: /flˈætɐ/
UK: /flˈætɐ/
English Vietnamese dictionary
flatter /'flætə/
- ngoại động từ
- tâng bốc, xu nịnh, bợ đỡ; làm cho hãnh diện, làm cho thoả mãn tính hư danh
- tôn lên
- this photograph flatters her: bức ảnh này tôn vẻ đẹp của cô ta lên
- làm cho (ai) hy vọng hão
- don't flatter yourself that he will forgine you: đừng hy vọng hâo là hắn sẽ tha thứ cho anh
- làm khoái; làm đẹp (mắt), làm vui (tai...)
- to flatter oneself that: tự hào là, lấy làm hãnh diện là
- he flattered himself that he was the best student of the class: anh ta tự hào là học sinh giỏi nhất lớp
- danh từ
- (kỹ thuật) búa đàn
Advanced English dictionary
+ verb
1 [VN] to say nice things about sb, often in a way that is not sincere, because you want them to do sth for you or you want to please them: Are you trying to flatter me?
2 ~ yourself to choose to believe sth good about yourself and your abilities, especially when other people do not share this opinion: [VN] 'How will you manage without me?' 'Don't flatter yourself.' [also VN (that)]
3 [VN] to make sb seem more attractive or better then they really are: That colour doesn't flatter many people. + The scoreline flattered England (= they did not deserve to get such a high score).
flatterer noun
Idioms: be / feel flattered to be pleased because sb has made you feel important or special: He was flattered by her attention. + I felt flattered at being asked to give a lecture. + She was flattered to hear that he had been asking about her. + I suppose we should be flattered that he agreed to come at all.
flatter to deceive (BrE) if sth flatters to deceive, it appears to be better, more successful, etc. than it really is: As with many new bands, their early success flattered to deceive.
Thesaurus dictionary
v.
1 butter up, play up to, compliment, praise, fawn (on or upon), toady to, truckle to, court, curry favour with, Colloq flannel, soft-soap, oil; Slang shine or suck up to, boot-lick, Taboo kiss (someone's) arse, brown-nose:
Flattering the boss won't get you a salary increase.
2 enhance, complement, suit, show to advantage:
That colour flatters her complexion.
3 cajole, wheedle, coax, inveigle, beguile, sweet-talk:
He was flattered into signing that contract.
Concise English dictionary
flatters|flattered|flattering'flætə(r)
verb
+praise somewhat dishonestly
flatted|flatting|flatter|flattest|flatsflæt
noun
+a level tract of land
+a shallow box in which seedlings are started
+a musical notation indicating one half step lower than the note named
+freight car without permanent sides or roof
+a deflated pneumatic tire
+scenery consisting of a wooden frame covered with painted canvas; part of a stage setting
+a suite of rooms usually on one floor of an apartment house
adj.
+having a surface without slope, tilt in which no part is higher or lower than another
+having a relatively broad surface in relation to depth or thickness
+not modified or restricted by reservations
+stretched out and lying at full length along the ground
+lacking contrast or shading between tones
+lowered in pitch by one chromatic semitone
+flattened laterally along the whole length (e.g., certain leafstalks or flatfishes)
+lacking taste or flavor or tang
+lacking stimulating characteristics; uninteresting
+having lost effervescence
+(of taxes) not increasing as the amount taxed increases
+sounded or spoken in a tone unvarying in pitch
+horizontally level
+lacking the expected range or depth; not designed to give an illusion or depth
+(of a tire) completely or partially deflated
+not reflecting light; not glossy
+commercially inactive
adv.
+with flat sails
+in a forthright manner; candidly or frankly
