English-Dutch translations for flattery

• vleierij
  Er is bovendien heel wat - te veel - lof en vleierij in mijn richting uitgesproken: ik vertrouw erop dat het me niet te zeer naar het hoofd zal stijgen. There has in addition been a good deal of - too much - praise and flattery expressed towards me: I trust it will not unduly go to my head.

Definition of flattery

• Excessive praise or approval, which is often insincere and sometimes contrived to win favour
• An instance of excessive praise

Related words

• flatter
• flattering
• flattered
• flatterer
• unflattering
• flatteringly
• every flatterer lives at the expense of his listener
• feel flattered