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# flattery

«flattery» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **praise that is too much or not sincere, often given to…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 3 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (flattery — uncountable)

### meaning for a pupil

Flattery is praise that is too much or not sincere, often given to please someone or to get something from them. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/flattery/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

In stories and fables, flattery is a trick: in Aesop's fable the fox flatters the crow so it drops its cheese. In ethics lessons, flattery is different from honest praise. In everyday talk, «flattery will get you nowhere» is a joking reply to compliments. Common phrases: «flattery will get you nowhere», «empty flattery», «imitation is the sincerest form of flattery», «use flattery».

### examples

- He that denounceth his friends for the sake of flattery, even the eyes of his children shall fail. (Writings JOB.17.5, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/flattery/#x1)
- The fox used flattery to trick the crow into singing. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/flattery/#x2)
- «Flattery will get you nowhere,» laughed Mum when I said she was the best cook in the world. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/flattery/#x3)
- The courtiers covered the king in flattery. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/flattery/#x4)
- Honest praise is better than flattery. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/flattery/#x5)
- She saw through his flattery straight away. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/flattery/#x6)
- Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, people say. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/flattery/#x7)
- He tried flattery to get an extra biscuit. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/flattery/#x8)
- Do not let flattery throw you off your guard against an enemy. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/flattery/#x9)

### note

Uncountable. The verb is «flatter» (to praise too much, or to make someone look better than real: that photo flatters you). «Flattering» clothes make you look nice. «I'm flattered» means «I'm pleased by your kind words». Do not confuse with «flatten» (make flat).

### In the corpora

- [He that denounceth his friends for the sake of flattery, even the eyes of his children shall fail.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/JOB.431/)
- [Flattery is not honest feedback; honest, kind feedback helps people more than "Great question!" said to everything.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/ai/28-who-you-are-honest-ai/21/)
- [Flattery about yourself is not true just because it is nice; you thank people and stay honest about your limits.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/ai/30-who-you-are-what-you-will-do/14/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «flattery» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/flattery/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.