flatter (v)
blandish (v)

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type v
lex_filenum 32
def praise somewhat dishonestly
Frame - 9 Somebody ----s somebody
Frame - 10 Something ----s somebody
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Hypernym praise
Derivationally related form blandish → blandishment; blandish → blandishment
Derivationally related form flatter → flatterer; flatter → flattery
Antonym flatter → disparage
Hyponym soft-soap; adulate; stroke; fawn, toady, truckle, bootlick, kowtow, kotow, suck up; butter up, brown-nose
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Derivationally related form blandishment → blandish; blandishment → blandish
Derivationally related form flattery → flatter; flatterer → flatter
Hypernym soft-soap; adulate; stroke; fawn, toady, truckle, bootlick, kowtow, kotow, suck up; butter up, brown-nose
Antonym disparage → flatter
Hyponym praise

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