In a word, he is a flatterer.
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Flatterer
Synonyms for "flatterer" (64 found)
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98 translations across 45 languages.
Albanian
1 entries- lajkatar noun (one who flatters)
Ancient Greek
2 entries- θώψ noun (one who flatters)
- κόλαξ noun (one who flatters)
Azerbaijani
1 entries- yaltaq noun (one who flatters)
Belarusian
3 entries- лясту́н noun (one who flatters)
- падлі́за noun (one who flatters)
- падлі́знік noun (one who flatters)
Bengali
1 entries- খয়ের খাঁ noun (one who flatters)
Bulgarian
1 entries- ласка́тел noun (one who flatters)
Catalan
4 entries- adulador noun (one who flatters)
- aduladora noun (one who flatters)
- complimentós noun (one who flatters)
- llagoter noun (one who flatters)
Chinese Mandarin
4 entries- 奉承者 noun (one who flatters)
- 諂媚者 /谄媚者 noun (one who flatters)
- 阿諛者 /阿谀者 noun (one who flatters)
- 馬屁精 /马屁精 noun (one who flatters)
Czech
1 entries- lichotník noun (one who flatters)
Danish
1 entries- smigrer noun (one who flatters)
Dutch
2 entries- vleier noun (one who flatters)
- vleister noun (one who flatters)
Finnish
2 entries- imartelija noun (one who flatters)
- mielistelijä noun (one who flatters)
French
2 entries- flatteur noun (one who flatters)
- flatteuse noun (one who flatters)
Gagauz
1 entries- yaltak noun (one who flatters)
Galician
1 entries- aloumiñeiro noun (one who flatters)
German
2 entries- Schmeichler noun (one who flatters)
- Schmeichlerin noun (one who flatters)
Greek
1 entries- κόλακας noun (one who flatters)
Hungarian
1 entries- hízelgő noun (one who flatters)
Irish
1 entries- líodóir noun (one who flatters)
Italian
2 entries- adulatore noun (one who flatters)
- adulatrice noun (one who flatters)
Jamaican Creole
1 entries- sweet talker noun (one who flatters)
Japanese
3 entries- おべっか使い noun (one who flatters)
- 幇間 noun (one who flatters)
- 茶坊主 noun (one who flatters)
Kapampangan
1 entries- talabuladas noun (one who flatters)
Korean
1 entries- 아첨꾼 noun (one who flatters)
Latin
3 entries- adūlātor noun (one who flatters)
- palpātor noun (one who flatters)
- palpō noun (one who flatters)
Lithuanian
2 entries- saldžiakalbis noun (one who flatters)
- saldžialiežuvis noun (one who flatters)
Macedonian
3 entries- додво́рувач noun (one who flatters)
- ла́скавец noun (one who flatters)
- подли́зурко noun (one who flatters)
Middle English
2 entries- flaterere noun (one who flatters)
- losengeour noun (one who flatters)
Norman
2 entries- affliâtreux (nrm) noun (one who flatters)
- fliatteux (nrm) noun (one who flatters)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- smigrer noun (one who flatters)
Polish
1 entries- pochlebca noun (one who flatters)
Portuguese
3 entries- adulador noun (one who flatters)
- bajulador noun (one who flatters)
- puxa-saco noun (one who flatters)
Romagnol
2 entries- aduladôr (eml) noun (one who flatters)
- adulatôr (eml) noun (one who flatters)
Romanian
4 entries- adulatoare noun (one who flatters)
- adulator noun (one who flatters)
- lingușitoare noun (one who flatters)
- lingușitor noun (one who flatters)
Russian
4 entries- льстец noun (one who flatters)
- подли́за noun (one who flatters)
- подхали́м noun (one who flatters)
- подхали́мка noun (one who flatters)
Salar
1 entries- yaltaci noun (one who flatters)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- laskavac noun (one who flatters)
- ласкавац noun (one who flatters)
Slovak
2 entries- lichotník noun (one who flatters)
- pochlebovač noun (one who flatters)
Spanish
4 entries- adulador noun (one who flatters)
- adulón noun (one who flatters)
- halagador noun (one who flatters)
- lisonjeador noun (one who flatters)
Swedish
1 entries- smickrare noun (one who flatters)
Telugu
1 entries- ఇచ్చకాలమారి noun (one who flatters)
Turkish
1 entries- yaltak noun (one who flatters)
Ukrainian
4 entries- лесте́ць noun (one who flatters)
- лесту́н noun (one who flatters)
- обле́сник noun (one who flatters)
- підле́сник noun (one who flatters)
Walloon
3 entries- clatcheu noun (one who flatters)
- flåzeu noun (one who flatters)
- platchteu noun (one who flatters)
Welsh
4 entries- ffalsiwr noun (one who flatters)
- ffalsiwraig noun (one who flatters)
- gwenieithwr noun (one who flatters)
- gwenieithwraig noun (one who flatters)
Sample sentences
6 total sentences available.
When the flatterer pipes, then the devil dances.
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Every flatterer lives at the expense of those who listen to them.
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Know that every flatterer lives at the expense of those who like to listen to him.
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