FLATTERING

flattering|flattery. Flattering, or Flattery, n. false or empty praise

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Flat″ter‐ing, a. That flatters (in the various senses of the verb); as, a flattering speech. Lay not that flattering unction to your soul. Shak. A flattering painter, who made it his care, To draw men as they ought be, not as they are. Goldsmith.