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# flatter

«flatter» in Mova's school dictionary: **To praise someone too much, often not sincerely, to…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

verb (flatter, flatters, flattered, flattering); adjective (flatter — comparative of flat)

### meaning for a pupil

1) (verb) To praise someone too much, often not sincerely, to please them or get something. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/flatter/#m1)

2) (verb) To make someone look better than usual: «That colour flatters you». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/flatter/#m2)

3) (verb) «be flattered»: feel pleased because someone admired you. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/flatter/#m3)

4) (adjective) More flat; more level or smooth. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/flatter/#m4)

### sense in the lessons

In stories, a sly character flatters the king to get a reward (like the fox in the fable «The Fox and the Crow»). In everyday life: «I'm flattered you asked me». In geography and maths: «flatter land», «this side is flatter».

### examples

- The fox flattered the crow so she would drop the cheese. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/flatter/#x1)
- Don't try to flatter me — you still have to tidy up. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/flatter/#x2)
- I was flattered when they asked me to sing. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/flatter/#x3)
- That dress really flatters you. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/flatter/#x4)
- The fields here are flatter than in the hills. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/flatter/#x5)
- Press it down to make it flatter. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/flatter/#x6)
- He flattered the teacher to get extra time. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/flatter/#x7)
- Such a neatly turned compliment flattered Ludovine. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/flatter/#x8)

### note

Two different words: flatter (praise) and flatter (more flat). Noun: flattery (too much praise). Adjective: flattering. Being flattered is pleasant, but flattery can be a trick.

### In the corpora

- [Bots tend to flatter; praise from a bot that has not seen your work tells you nothing.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/ai/5-hallucinations-confident-made-up-answers/10/)
- [What you learned is for helping people understand, check and learn, never for tricking or flattering them.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/ai/30-who-you-are-what-you-will-do/22/)
- [The Cat flatters her: she is wise and beautiful and should not be cruel.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/books/94-justso-cat-2-a-bargain-and-a-baby/5/)
- [Ruby felt flattered — someone was interested in her! — and also a small cold feeling in her tummy.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/410-strangers-who-want-to-chat-privately/4/)
- ["Those who flatter their neighbours are spreading nets for their feet" (Proverbs 29:5); empty praise can make people overconfident.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/85-pretend-cover-stories-and-lies-that-become-habits/11/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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